[HN Gopher] Why are cassette and CD players so bulky now? [video]
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       Why are cassette and CD players so bulky now? [video]
        
       Author : marcher
       Score  : 12 points
       Date   : 2024-12-08 19:28 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | movedx wrote:
       | I grew up with cassettes, CDs, and MiniDisc (and floppy discs and
       | using a file splitter to spread large files over multiple
       | disks... risky business!) I never want to go back to that because
       | the impact on the environment is just too high. All that plastic
       | which, eventually, will end up on a landfill.
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       | As much as I hate the fact a publisher can pull music from Apple
       | Music in an instant, it's rare and the benefit is instant
       | streaming with little impact on the environment. No impact if
       | I've already got the track downloaded.
        
         | whycome wrote:
         | Rare? It's subjective. Spotify will keep showing tracks in
         | playlists if they aren't available. I have quite a few with
         | grey/missing tracks. Sometimes they come back. But it's
         | incredibly annoying to have tracks you've played many times
         | suddenly become unplayable. That's not possible with a CD.
        
         | creer wrote:
         | These supports shouldn't be necessary anymore, no contest -
         | while the reality of it, etc... But why do you think CDs, of
         | all things, are such a high impact on the environment?
        
         | m463 wrote:
         | But cassettes, CDs and MiniDiscs replaced expensive traveling
         | musicians, burning petrochemicals to drive a bus from one gig
         | to the next.
         | 
         | Sort of how coal mining and oil drilling saved whales from
         | extinction by replacing whale oil.
        
       | Pigalowda wrote:
       | I couldn't watch much of that video but what was the answer? I
       | had no idea people were buying retro stuff like that. Is the size
       | for style and lifestyle signaling like the way hipster types used
       | to have type writers and fixie bikes?
        
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