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Comment on DVDs are the new vinyl records: Why Gen Z is embracing physical media

helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I like to think that if streaming didn’t take over, the industry would have shifted to selling USB sticks with the media/game. Even if they did something goofy to “lock” it, at least being on a thumb drive would be more durable, compact, and have faster read time.

Imagine a nicely organized self of DvDs turned into nighmare pile of flash drives of different shapes and sizes as each movie tries to make theirs stand out to make up the lack of a cover.

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JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
We have this audiobook player for children in my country. That works by buying those little figures and if you place them on the player, the audiobook plays. I think that a system like that for “adult music” would be awesome. Buy some little figures and art pieces by your favorite band, display them on a shelf and use them to play music? Yeah, that would be awesome

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- MaggiWuerze@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  But you know the media is not in the figurine, right? Tonies only have a small RFID chip in them that give the Tonybox an ID to download from their server. Once the company dies these things will turn into brick
  
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  - JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Yeah, I know.
    
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acantharea@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Nintendo sells essentially a SD card variant in a case for the swtich. So you’re not far off :)

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- farting_gorilla@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  The Dreamcast VMUs, which doubled as tomigotchis or whatever
  
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- SomethingBurger@jlai.lu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  The NGage even used literal SD cards.
  
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MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

at least being on a thumb drive would be more durable, compact, and have faster read time.

Akschualy, thumb drive flash is the lowest quality, cheapest one (the yield thing, the outer parts of the waver). Do not have any expectancy of thumbdrives keeping your data longer than a few hours.

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- helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Is this supposed to be a joke about storing data on your thumb? Also thumbs are not cheap, probably…I hope.
  
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  - MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Not a joke. And why the downvote? Quality distibution is generally SSD > SD-cards > thumbdrives. Thumbdrives are no backup medium.
    
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    helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Wasn’t me, but I’m guessing because you said they only last a few hours? I took that ridiculous exaggeration and assumed you meant writing notes on your thumb.
    
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finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Realistically the connector would have been proprietary, but I can see a world where we got cartridges that came in little cases like the games for nintendo ds or switch.

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ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
A system of organization would be invented. Idk maybe a wooden stepped board with USB sized holes that you store/display your collection in, just to use the first idea I pull directly from ass. Actually make it silicone for the grippy, already improving it, then sell the wood as a fancier one, and inlay a few with idk brass or something for a “pro” version, boom marketing.

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- helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Imsure there would be a million options, yours sounds quite fancy, and it will work great until Disney decides to sell giant mouse shaped drives ruining the whole thing.
  
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