Path: ...!npeer.as286.net!npeer-ng0.as286.net!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Marco Moock Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Heat Death of the Internet Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 09:36:16 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <958148f2-2fb7-bd01-4fbd-3360fed32a35@example.net> <66341949@news.ausics.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 03 May 2024 09:36:17 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="01c1c1977e409460ecb8cd6f8fe85198"; logging-data="433525"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18I+lfS67WTamTSXgHn+q0a" Cancel-Lock: sha1:NV24pon2To4lM4F0cF9Fj0IzpMw= Bytes: 1937 Am 03.05.2024 schrieb not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev): > Scratched discs would be your enemy here. Old DVDs find their way > to second hand stores which sell them for very little money, but > usually a good percentage of them are scratched to unwatchability. > Renting DVDs always had more risk than renting VHS tapes due to > scratched discs, even though they usually had disc polishing > machines which they might use to some effect after you went back > to the store and complained. I don't think video DVDs and audio > CDs were fit for the purpose of replacing tape in the first place, > and the rapid adoption of streaming and P2P downloads is the cost > that the old media industry paid for that. Much to the benefit of > ISPs and the new internet media companies like Amazon and Google. CDs and DVDs also become unreadable after some years, especially when light reaches them.