I still use optical media
I just went through a box of 20-year-old CDR's (written 20 years ago) and they all worked like no time had passed at all. They went through severe temperature and humidity changes too.
Too bad the cost per GB is so high.
I know I can save things on thumbdrive
They're one of the most volatile, limited-life storage options that exists.
I've lost more data on portable flash memory media (thumb drives, SD cards, etc) than anything else (since the POS 90's floppies).
Also, beyond their volatility and short life, the drives are now being designed to suicide (go into a locked read-only state) if they detect a malfunction. And, just like virtually everything else in the DEI era, that malfunction detection was designed by retards, so the drives frequently end up with false positives regarding malfunction and you end up with a perfectly good drive locked in read-only mode.
There's now software that can unlock some of the thumb drives but no such luck for the SD cards yet (that I know of).
and they use vinyl as their main source of music at home
Didn't know it made that much of a comeback.
I still use optical media
I just went through a box of 20-year-old CDR's (written 20 years ago) and they all worked like no time had passed at all. They went through sever temperature and humidity changes too.
Too bad the cost per GB is so high.
I know I can save things on thumbdrive
They're one of the most volatile, limited-life storage options that exists.
I've lost more data on portable flash memory media (thumb drives, SD cards, etc) than anything else (since the POS 90's floppies).
Also, beyond their volatility and short life, the drives are now being designed to suicide (go into a locked read-only state) if they detect a malfunction. And, just like virtually everything else in the DEI era, that malfunction detection was designed by retards, so the drives frequently end up with false positives regarding malfunction and you end up with a perfectly good drive locked in read-only mode.
There's now software that can unlock some of the thumb drives but no such luck for the SD cards yet (that I know of).
and they use vinyl as their main source of music at home
Didn't know it made that much of a comeback.