• SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    12 hours ago

    We Gen Z get called “the first digital kids” but I clearly remember the last days of physical and optical media. My sister and I would burn CDs with songs we would download from LimeWire.

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      2 hours ago

      Pysical is not the opposite of digital.

      Analog is the opposite of digital.

      A CD is a digital medium, just like an SSD is.

      If you want a rotating disk medium which is analog, you would need to get a vinyl.

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        1 hour ago

        Haha yeah, I think SpiceDealer’s comment inadvertently supports the notion it’s meant to dispel.

        But to be fair, the media world has been using the word “digital” to mean “electronic delivery” for a long time.