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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Exactly. Optical discs still have data that can be ripped (In some countries it’s explicitly legal to keep a back up). You have something tangible you can keep.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Physical copies and offline installers are the only way you can ever have your own archive of something these days.