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Originally Posted by HarryT
Backing up has nothing whatsoever to do with being able to use it on some future device you might own in 10 years time. It really doesn't help anyone to try to conflate these two entirely separate topics.
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Absolutely incorrect.
I work with computers and data recovery is a major issue. There is no point in having a backup if, at the point it is needed, you cannot use the files you wish to recover.
Backing up is disaster recovery. If you are prudent you will replace your hard drive every couple of years and clone the data to the new drive. Open DRM free formats are excellent as there is nothing stopping you from opening the file when you need to do it.
Technology changes all the time and your data needs to be in a format that will allow it to change too.