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If we’ve got data, let’s go with the data. If all we’ve got is opinions, let’s go with mine: None of the CDs I’ve ever bought still works. I’m probably not as
by TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago
If we’ve got data, let’s go with the data.
If all we’ve got is opinions, let’s go with mine:
None of the CDs I’ve ever bought still works. I’m probably not as careful with my things as you are, so there’s that.
- jonhohle 7y agoYour original comment was of your experience, so I shared mine. Unfortunately, due to manufacturing defects there are discs that will or have oxidized, so the durability of CDs (or other optical media) is not always as reliable as advertised. But as the sibling post to yours points out, CDs provide error correction and along with oversampling provides means of creating effectively bit perfect copies that can be as durable as the current state of the art (redundant, solid state, geographically diverse, etc.)