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this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2026
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So basically an optical drive on steroids?
You know what I really want for long term offline backup storage? To go back to the bare discs with external readers paradigm of optical media (not sure if it's possible with this though). Don't have to pay for dedicated mechanical components in every drive that inevetably have a limited lifespan even if they're just sitting in storage, and once they fail the recorded media itself is useless until you pay out the nose to get them transplanted into a new drive.