So, I’m not sure about most of this guy’s arguments, but one major argument I side with fully is with CDs, and also vinyl too for that matter, you actually own your stuff and no one can randomly break into your house and take it away from you.
Also, if you rip your CDs to FLAC and keep the physical copies on a shelf but listen to the FLAC rips, you have a ‘master disc’ of sorts to go back to and re-rip should your FLAC rips ever go bad or get lost, plus those FLAC rips can be transcoded to high-bitrate lossy copies for use on space-constrained DAPs, eg. transcoding to 510kbit/s Opus for that purpose.
I just don’t think it’s feasible that everyone should store their own copies of everything. Idk if people have played their CDs recently but they are probably not great
Relying solely on streaming or download services is even less feasible when you start to randomly get content you supposedly paid for yanked from you.
I’m rarely gonna watch anything again
…and no one can randomly break into your house and take it away from you.
Uuuh, yeah, they can actually. I guess what the video alludes to is online versions of your provider being removed randomly because of license agreements. Probably happens more often than actual break ins into your apartment in the real world. But it still doesn’t mean your music is save from anyone, people can still break into your actual house and get your music. So its a weird analogy.
Also, if you rip your CDs to FLAC and keep the physical copies on a shelf but listen to the FLAC rips, you have a ‘master disc’ of sorts to go back to and re-rip should your FLAC rips ever go bad or get lost, plus those FLAC rips can be transcoded to high-bitrate lossy copies for use on space-constrained DAPs, eg. transcoding to 510kbit/s Opus for that purpose.
CDs are not for storing data forever though. They do deteriorate over time, some faster than others. Wasn’t there this small scandal with Warner Brothers DVDs that had a faulty pressing and made bubbles a few years down the line? Ripping them on hard drives and backing those up on different hard drives over the years is the way to go, and you don’t need a CD to start with. Just the digital file without DRM.
…and no one can randomly break into your house and take it away from you.
I was comparing that against streaming services and even some download storefronts randomly yanking content you supposedly bought from you.
Yeah. It’s what I wrote. It is a very bad analogy, but that’s my personal opinion and you may disagree.
CDs are a great option when using the 3-2-1 backup strategy, regardless of the content that you put on there. Tape backups are also a great option.
