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Another Reason Why Vinyl Will Always Be Better Than CDs
Vinyl may scratch, but it sure doesn’t rot.
Have you ever noticed that your old CDs seem to be discolored and covered with oil stains? Have you ever wondered if this is due to your own negligence? Good news: It’s not your fault.
“Disc Rot” is a puzzling and common problem that plagues the CD format. In fact, it’s such a problem that historians and archivists who once relied on the medium are worried. The American Library of Congress has published a fact-sheet that explores this mysterious digital decay.
When compact discs hit the market in the early ’80s, it was assumed that we’d collectively entered a golden era of indestructible mass storage convenience. Unfortunately, that promise has not exactly play out very well. A new article on Motherboard details how our over-reliance on CDs for two decades is now running up against the rot. Read the piece here.
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