“Has hundreds of private messaging applications that their friends won’t use” Stop, the wound is still fresh.

Funny, but very confusing for people out of the loop.

How would someone better address a situation like that?

The sad reality is that the quality of modern BluRay releases has significantly declined. Sure the picture looks great, but they barely come with special features anymore. Also, the QA is atrocious. I buy a lot of UHD BluRays and ~30% of them come corrupted/damaged out of the box.

I really want physical media to become popular again so companies start actually putting in effort.

EDIT: I still love physical media. It’s pretty much the only way to own a copy of media anymore. I just wish it was as beloved as the DVD days.

Okay, fair enough.

You’re correct, but this is pretty much “Statistics 101”. Granted most people are really bad at interpreting statistics, but I recommend looking at Backblaze reports because nothing else really comes close.

Sure, YMMV for any statistical study but it’s also the best source that exists for stats on consumer Hard Drives tested at scale.

1. Seagate drives are generally way more reliable now than the pre-TB days.
2. There is always a risk of premature failure with all hard drives (see the bathtub curve). You should never have only one copy of any data you aren’t okay with losing.

FYI: Backblaze is a cloud storage provider that uses HDDs at scale, and they publish their statistics every year regarding which models have the highest and lowest failure rates.

This is still extremely bad for the industry, regardless of whether you personally use it.

How dare you make a woke app. /s

No one is saying that. Two governments can be wrong simultaneously.

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We don’t think in “bits” at all because our brain functions nothing like a computer. This entire premise is stupid.

The easiest way is NextCloud.

I really hope they release this to consumers.