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Sony is killing off recordable Blu-ray, bidding farewell to disc burning | TechSpot
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Backing up personal data, mostly stuff from my childhood that is irreplacable. Sure, I could just put them on a HDD, but then I'd have to replace it every 5-10 years. Data stored on Blu-ray can last a long time.
Data on hard drives also generally lasts a long time. Much longer than 5-10 years.
And make sure you're constantly monitoring those discs, disc rot is very much a thing for all optical medica.
Assuming the drive spins back up after being left in a cupboard for 15 years, if you're still even able to find a computer compatible with whatever cables it used back then. But yeah.
If proper SATA ever goes away, I'd wager that there will still be SATA-to-USB adapters on sale. Heck, people still find ways to connect floppy drives to their modern PCs.