They do?! I don't remember that. Damaged CDs that would skip or hang were not super uncommon, but they had to take quite a lot of abuse until problems even beca

They do?! I don't remember that. Damaged CDs that would skip or hang were not super uncommon, but they had to take quite a lot of abuse until problems even became audible. But especially in comparison with vinyl records, which was the context here, CDs seemed almost indestructible. It was one of their selling points: Even visibly fine vinyl records still skip sometimes, while a CD that picked up tons of scratches sitting on someone's desk would still play fine. Not a big surprise given that CDs have their data with lots of redundance below a protective coat, while on a vinyl record the surface is the data...