>>100137088
>What's the point? Random access media is cheap and way less of a hassle than optical media.
Discs are good for cold storage. Flash storage can loose data if left untouched for a decade or more.

>>100137208
>burn data at higher densities, equipment prices start going way up
Perhaps it's just sony selling their proprietary format for 10 times the production price because why not

Also, I guess that streaming is not only more comfortable (no scratched discs, no going to the store, etc) and even more importantly, streaming is waaaaaaaay cheaper. For netflix you can see like 1000 movies and series for $10/month. The math just works out better for streaming, it's more sustainable. And the price is so good that people will start to accept the downsides, like being internet dependent or shows disappearing from their library when some license isn't renewed.

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why did disc technology stagnate? you d think we should have 150gb+ discs by now