Much has been written about the demise of physical media. Long considered the measure of technological progress in audiovisual and computing fields, the 2000s saw this metric seemingly rendered obs…
What I liked about tape and CD, is that it wasn’t too difficult to write/record. Before mp3s and filesharing, you could still make a copy, or a mixtape (playlist).
The main strength that physical media has, is that it is completely offline, it is physically at hand, and it can be obscure stuff you will never find online.
Yup, I only buy physical media so I can rip it. If I could buy DRM-free digital media, I would absolutely prefer that. But I can’t, so here we are.
If I can’t find something on physical media from a first party seller, I have no qualms about piracy, but I do make an effort to legally aquire what I can.
What I liked about tape and CD, is that it wasn’t too difficult to write/record. Before mp3s and filesharing, you could still make a copy, or a mixtape (playlist).
The main strength that physical media has, is that it is completely offline, it is physically at hand, and it can be obscure stuff you will never find online.
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Yup, I only buy physical media so I can rip it. If I could buy DRM-free digital media, I would absolutely prefer that. But I can’t, so here we are.
If I can’t find something on physical media from a first party seller, I have no qualms about piracy, but I do make an effort to legally aquire what I can.
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I recently got back into minidiscs and it’s great.
Hell yeah. Few things are more satisfying than sliding a MiniDisc into a drive and feeling it click into place.