The good thing in context of sketchy use of resources and waste is that it’s likely that this will remain very niche (it is implied the 3" format was a complete failure).
It’s not really worse than CDs in terms of resource use, and unfortunately major music publishers can’t really be trusted with digital formats. If nothing else, it’s (so far) impossible to put direct copy protection on vinyl records.
Flash isn’t permanent. Data storage mediums at any scale are impermanent.
Vinyl is pretty stable, provided it’s stored out of light and extreme temps.
CD’s are the same.
For me to store my (currently) 5TB of data (and have it be accessible) requires about 15TB of actual storage (3 copies to prevent loss, because hardware fails). Plus at leas one always-on device to play the media from. Each of these storages requires manufacturing, and then power to run them, and maintenance (new drives as old ones fail, new hardware, etc).
No solution is perfect, each of these approaches has it’s own pros/cons.
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The good thing in context of sketchy use of resources and waste is that it’s likely that this will remain very niche (it is implied the 3" format was a complete failure).
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It’s not really worse than CDs in terms of resource use, and unfortunately major music publishers can’t really be trusted with digital formats. If nothing else, it’s (so far) impossible to put direct copy protection on vinyl records.
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Generally a good point, but…
Flash isn’t permanent. Data storage mediums at any scale are impermanent.
Vinyl is pretty stable, provided it’s stored out of light and extreme temps.
CD’s are the same.
For me to store my (currently) 5TB of data (and have it be accessible) requires about 15TB of actual storage (3 copies to prevent loss, because hardware fails). Plus at leas one always-on device to play the media from. Each of these storages requires manufacturing, and then power to run them, and maintenance (new drives as old ones fail, new hardware, etc).
No solution is perfect, each of these approaches has it’s own pros/cons.
Show me an uncrackable DRM and I will show you a golden unicorn…