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minus-squareturmacar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·29 days agoBeware bit rot. Granted most of those are going to be archived anyway but I wouldn’t count on them being useable indefinately.
minus-squarederanger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-228 days agoGood news is that disc rot doesn’t happen as quickly for stamped CDs as it does in CD-Rs.
Beware bit rot.
Granted most of those are going to be archived anyway but I wouldn’t count on them being useable indefinately.
Good news is that disc rot doesn’t happen as quickly for stamped CDs as it does in CD-Rs.