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DVDs are the new vinyl records: Why Gen Z is embracing physical media (www.latimes.com)
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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

that’s why “they (the rich)” want to drive up the price of HDDs so we can’t afford it, so we are tied to their cloud systems forever

That seems like a reach. Hanlon's says they're just buying HDDs for their Artificial Imbecile service.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Maybe, but its not surprising that it fits their agenda perfectly. Build the slop generator and make it impossible for the population to own their means of computing. Future computing will be a dumb terminal on bezos net, and you will be an ostracized weirdo for not using it.