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Only burned dvds I have had go bad were some that got left exposed long term to sunlight. They even took on brownish streaks. Unplayable. But yea I have some old software burned to cdr in filing cabinet that must be least 15 year old, still works fine. Though honestly at this point dont have much use for it. Things age out.
Like say if I am buying a reference book, I will buy a paper book. But for read it once fiction, doesnt really matter. Old enough I know I will never read it again. Its just nice to have the option to electronically save a copy not dependent on having a Kindle account or whatever and without worrying what format A.A. plugin works with or what version Kindle for PC I have installed.
By way I have a 1T usb hard drive thats few years old. Its now gotten very hit or miss if any system can mount and use stuff on it. I think hard drive is fine, it just needs to be reformatted. I just havent wanted to mess trying to move files off it (its full) that I want to save.
So like say there is no really good way to save data long term. And the online storage beside eating lot data uploading and downloading is also dependent on the the company remaining in business and same amount space available. You are basically just renting space on somebody else's hard drive.
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