I found 8 brands if DVD±R discs before I stopped counting. If you think one company stopping production is going to stop people from using physical media, or that demand hasn’t been falling for years, YOU are the one who’s badly out of touch.
I found 8 brands if DVD±R discs before I stopped counting. If you think one company stopping production is going to stop people from using physical media, or that demand hasn’t been falling for years, YOU are the one who’s badly out of touch.
LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
How many headphone jacks do you see today? All it takes is one big player, and adoption can fall just like that.
lolcatnip@reddthat.com 6 months ago
And yet you can still buy phones with headphone jacks.
LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
But adoption has fallen so significantly that you have to rely on listicles to find what you’re looking for. The same could very easily and quickly happen with optical discs, and if I may be afforded an anecdote, I’ve seen exactly one optical disc brand in the last decade (Verbatim). And that’s when shops have them available, which is extremely rare nowadays.
They might not go away completely, but just like with headphone jacks on phones, you’ll have to scrounge for them. Same with if you want a display that’s less than 6", or a physical keyboard. (Or a floppy disk…!)