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IME that's mostly a problem with self-recorded disks while pressed discs are quite durable in practice. Maybe if you keep them in a very humid/hot environment you get different results.


The estimated lifespan of pressed discs is less than 100 years. CD-Rs are worse!

https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/legacy/sp/NISTspecialpubli...




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