True in general but there are, as always, exceptions. Some more expensive recordable discs use really stable dyes and remain readable for a very long time. On t

True in general but there are, as always, exceptions. Some more expensive recordable discs use really stable dyes and remain readable for a very long time. On the other hand, some commercially pressed discs also suffer from bit rot. I have some mid-90s CD-based games that have become partially unreadable due to that. Some CD pressing facilities are known to have produced lots of discs at certain times that are now faulty.