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Originally Posted by theducks
This whole can o (vanishing) worms is terrible. Probably why I still insist on buying hard media (CD, DVD, Bluray).
Those LP's and 45's I bought in High School, Open Reel Tapes bought when I wis in the Navy, Laser discs, CD, DVD's all still work (OK, I did lose a Laser to 'laser rot').
My paperbacks still are there in plastic totes in the store room.
The point is, it will be an 'Act of God', not the whim of business, that renders them unusable.
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If you don't regular read or use them, they just take up your living space. So do take the time to purge now and then. I can't stand half the music I heard in high school, so no point in holding on to it now. The paperbacks are gone - early victims of my loss of vision which ereaders and audiobooks have fixed.
Yes, I too have quite a collection of DVDs and a few Blue Rays. Since it's just me and Mom, we have it down to what we like and what we will watch again. As you say, the Internet can go down and that happens occasionally. If only I could find The Closer with subtitles....