wew

[TL;DR: CD-Rs can "rot" and have a ~25y lifespan so old CD-Rs are going bad today]
https://www.howtogeek.com/682807/the-cds-you-burned-are-going-bad-heres-what-you-need-to-do/

@jill@va-11-hall-a.cafe old media is pretty doomed in general, it's rather sad (especially as a sorta-collector)

tape degrades, some unplayably so
even factory pressed cds are dying
laserdiscs have been rotting for many years now

ironically vinyl has an extremely good shelf life

@natalie @jill
>magtape degrading
Thanks for reminding me, I need to get in touch with a certain anon who has the Convergent CTOS source on magtape and make sure it gets imaged