• Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    They may be, but you’re missing the larger perspective by harping about the processor.

    When the technology was ubiquitous, it didn’t require specialized equipment ie USB disc drives, because the necessary gear was already built in. Which means more people had access and more sharing was happening.

    Of course there’s nothing stopping ME, I already know about CDs. But ask the average teenager where they get their music. Ask them how they would share an album. Do any amount of critical thinking about this, and my original premise holds true. But nah, you’ll probably revert back to internally screaming that some guy on the internet insulted your processor speed, because THAT is the point.

    • accideath@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      People stopped ripping CDs and instead started downloading them (legally) via iTunes or (illegally) via napster or similar software more than a decade before disc drives became obsolete. Even the launch of Spotify predates the removal of disc drives from mainstream PCs/laptops.

      Also, teenagers still know about CDs. They just don’t see a reason to use them and to some degree, I agree. While not having to worry about monthly payments and availability of your own library, music discovery has never been easier. I don’t want to buy a whole album from an artist that has maybe one good song. I also want to be able to listen to whatever song comes to mind, whenever it does. I don’t want to be limited by the CDs I have in my collection or whatever my friends might be able to send me.

      With my shared family subscription to a streaming service, I can listen to whatever song I like, whenever I like for the price of 4 CDs a year. And I’m definitely adding more than 4 albums to my library every year.

    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Yeah, then everyone stopped using it. Disc drives were on PCs for years after people stopped using them. People took the piss out of new systems with them. It’d be like laptops coming with 5.25" floppy readers.

      You’re the one displaying a lack of thinking here.

    • SaltySalamander@fedia.io
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      30 days ago

      When the technology was ubiquitous, it didn’t require specialized equipment ie USB disc drives, because the necessary gear was already built in

      That gear is necessary for a vanishingly small subset of PC users. It makes absolutely no sense to put them in PCs anymore. As a child of the 80s, you’re reminding me very much of the people that decried the advent of the CD, and pined for the days of vinyl dominance. I’m guessing you think cars should still come with tape decks too.