Blu-ray burners are disappearing

[zurst]

We live in dark times, and the faint light that remains grows dimmer with each passing day.

People have lost interest in preserving information, sacrificing it for the convenience of streaming services and cloud storage.

For quite some time now, I have watched with dismay as PC cases have stopped being designed to accommodate optical drives. What concerns me even more is that there are now very few Blu-ray burners available. The options are scarce, of poor quality, and expensive.

To me, this is a symptom of society's decline. People no longer value information and knowledge the way they once did, and it also represents a loss of freedom.

Respected technology brands such as ASUS, LG, Pioneer, and others, which once produced outstanding optical drives and Blu-ray burners, have all but disappeared from the market.

What worries me most is this growing indifference, and especially the prospect of losing access to my collection simply because the optical drives needed to read those discs are disappearing. It is both sad and absurd. Yet that seems to be the direction things are heading. Blu-ray always felt like such an established format that I never imagined its future could be called into question.

I should also add that I do not trust hard drives, SSDs, USB flash drives, or memory cards to the same extent. If there is a storage medium that has proven to be truly durable, it is the optical disc—especially high-quality Blu-ray discs. Sadly, they are now on the verge of extinction because almost nobody values them anymore.