lol I don’t think you’re the target demographic if you can’t imagine any scenario of this having a good purpose to exist. It’s apparently rated by the Department of Defense, definitely has some applications people are interested in. Hell, you could recoup costs on harddrive failures alone over your child’s lifetime, just need a reader. Would be a pretty neat present to give someone as well filled like a photo album with personal media/ favorite games/ music/ whatever you want backed up for your kids. People spend a lot of money on multiple backup options so this is just another ace in your deck along with other safeguards.
I have like 3 pictures I actually care about anymore I’d be more than willing to delete the rest. My parents have always taken like at least a dozen pictures every time we “do something” and I always have to ask… Why drop everything you are doing for a picture that you will, in all likelihood, never look at again. I’d much
Cataphract@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
burgersc12@mander.xyz 2 days ago
True, I’m no data hoarder. Just seems like it’s a very small niche that this fits into. Never had a hard drive fail on me, but I’ll give it a couple more decades lol
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Because in 20 years your memory will be lost. But you’ll run across the photo and it will be incredible. It will both remind you and fill in the gaps that your memory lost.
I have all the best photos of my kids printed every year into a photo album. I don’t trust digital despite having 3 copies. My 100 year azzo verbatim DVDs kept in black cases in the basement went bad after 10 years. Mdisc on paper should actually last 100 unlike azzo but I don’t trust it either.
Eagle0110@lemmy.world 2 days ago
What exactly happened to the DVDs in the basement? That’s really interesting, indeed DVDs also claimed 100+ years of life span, but as you can see that’s only the theoretical maximal in perfect conditions, which don’t exist in real life, and the same thing happened to your DVDs can happen to Blu-Ray disks too
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Burned DVDs use a dye that turned dark when hit with a laser. The dye was claimed to be stable for 100 years but wasn’t. Mdisc is different and should last longer.
burgersc12@mander.xyz 2 days ago
That might be the case, but I haven’t cared about taking photos for over 25 years, not sure having kids would change any of that.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2 days ago
You should value yourself more. If you think it’s important to have history passed down more than 20 years or whatever the average person remembers, then your own life should be as valuable to you.
burgersc12@mander.xyz 2 days ago
I can pas down stories much more valuable than a series of photos my kids will throw in the bin. My grandmother had huge photo albums, now she’s gone and we just stuff them into the back of a closet.