The international organization for standardization has rated them for archival use in the hundreds of years. This is not a maybe and the Wikipedia page/link I shared above goes over the testing methodology
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fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months agoRated for, but that doesn’t mean they’re all actually manufactured to that standard.
CDs were rated for like 50+ years originally I think. We found out real quick that was an optimistic number, especially when you buy the cheapest thing around.
ag10n@lemmy.world 2 months ago
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
“Archival use” means a commercial climate controlled environment. Not a plastic tub in your basement or garage.
ag10n@lemmy.world 2 months ago
No one said otherwise
circuscritic@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
ISO certification does require a bit more effort than just the bare minimum necessary to legally advertise specific claims about a product.
That doesn’t mean some M-Disc manufacturing is immune to shitty business practices of the manufacturer, but they do have to meet certain manufacturing specifications.