I was browsing a technical store’s website and came across some DVDs. On sale. You’d need an optical drive to use them, unless you use them to decorate your walls

If you do use them, what do you use them for and why do you not just use hard drives, SSDs or USB thumb drives instead?

This is not a hate post. My whole existence is living in the 90’s, so… :P

  • Mpatch@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    Yeah I kina lucked out I found a 10 pack of new ones on Amazon about 2 years ago. And recently, while cleaning out an old auto performance shop, there was like 2 or 3 55gal drums full of used and new floppy disks.

    Also more recently there was something about Japan finaly upgrading their i.t infrastructure from floppy disks to more modern tech.

    Hell apparently they still make cassette tapes for use in prisons because you can’t make a shank out of one with the materials they use for them.