For example; GOG games - what happens if they were to shutdown their busieness. How would you archive these games if you had to?

    • OprahsedCreature@lemmy.ml
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      4 days ago

      I mean, you should always check your backups and make 2 for good measure, but supposedly some of these newer ones are made for archival and claim between 10-100 years. Never trust such claims without verification but if true could be the best thing for archival besides punching bits in stone.

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        4 days ago

        heck yeah! my buddies were making fun of me for trying to get an old BD rom to play nice with proxmox, and i have a stack of old bdr’s from 10 years ago lol

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          3 days ago

          Sounds like those old bdr’s should be checked and possibly rearchived 😂. I think the Blu-ray M-Discs are the ones that claim the longevity.