Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoPlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership suckswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square174fedilinkarrow-up1725arrow-down111cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.footechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1714arrow-down1external-linkPlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership suckswww.theverge.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square174fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@derp.footechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squareAnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt isn’t vulnerable to physical degradation.
minus-squareShurimal@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoBack the fuck up! If you only have one copy, you have none.
minus-squarePM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoYeah, lots of newbies fall victim to this. Nobody wants to believe hard drives fail, until their hard drive is dead and they’ve lost all their data. I believe there’s a saying along the lines of “nobody wants to build earthquake-proof houses before the first earthquake.”
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYeah, I’m at the point where I view all storage as temporary, just on different time scales. Storing anything indefinitely requires ongoing maintenance to replace degraded media with fresh media.
It isn’t vulnerable to physical degradation.
Back the fuck up! If you only have one copy, you have none.
Yeah, lots of newbies fall victim to this. Nobody wants to believe hard drives fail, until their hard drive is dead and they’ve lost all their data.
I believe there’s a saying along the lines of “nobody wants to build earthquake-proof houses before the first earthquake.”
Yeah, I’m at the point where I view all storage as temporary, just on different time scales. Storing anything indefinitely requires ongoing maintenance to replace degraded media with fresh media.