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[-] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 9 points 11 months ago

Tapes themselves are cheaper but there's also the upfront cost of the tape drive (we're talking thousands).

[-] umbraroze@kbin.social 11 points 11 months ago

And that there is the real crime. It's a real shame no one's making a tape drive at the consumer market price point. Tapes are a hell of a lot more convenient for backups and archival than the giant weird pile of storage formats we've seen over years.

[-] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 6 points 11 months ago

The average consumer can make do with Blu Ray.

[-] AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Agreed and was looking for this comment.

The medium is cheap but the device to read/write is pricy.

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