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Wilfred Hughes
Dec 3, 2019 at 06:45
Optical disks can suffer from a 'rot' where the material degrades over time, rendering the content unreadable:
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mg9pdv/the-hidden-phenomenon-that-could-ruin-your-old-discs
The Hidden Phenomenon That Could Ruin Your Old Discs
CDs and DVDs were sold to consumers as these virtually indestructible platters, but the truth, as exemplified by the “disc rot” phenomenon, is more complicated.
