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> I don't even think I've seen a single on here in Russia in the 90s. I'm not surprised, considering they were expensive. That doesn't mean they weren't popula
by maximinus_thrax 6mo ago
> I don't even think I've seen a single on here in Russia in the 90s.
I'm not surprised, considering they were expensive. That doesn't mean they weren't popular in the west.
- konart 6mo agoCDs where not cheap either, mind you. Yet CDs replaced cassettes rather quickly.
- cyanydeez 6mo agoThey were like a 3-4 year fad while also CD burners were coming online so they did not really provide a significant storage medium because if you wanted large sizes, you typically just needed readonly CDs. Needing large and Read-Write was the niche than CD-R and CD-RW did much better. Along with CDs in general, they just didn't do much more than span a small temporal gap in value proposition. T