Sony and Panasonic are making 500GB optical disks as an LTO tape alternative for businesses (See Sony’s “Optical Disc Archive” - Panasonic has a different name

Sony and Panasonic are making 500GB optical disks as an LTO tape alternative for businesses (See Sony’s “Optical Disc Archive” - Panasonic has a different name for the same standard). However, these don’t really have a use for consumers. CDs had music, DVDs and Blu-rays had television and films, but there is unfortunately no compelling use case given home media is turning to streaming. Additionally, for many, cloud storage is replacing the need for local storage in spite of its drawbacks.