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True, with some modifications:

Some games had online activation built in. Some games would simply not install on a second or third machine without getting permission from the publisher.

Regular CDs have a lifespan of 5-10 years, shorter if not stored ideally. Almost all games had sophisticated mechanisms to prevent backups being taken.

Even if you could take a backup, record associations and publishers lobbied to make it illegal and punishable by severe fines in many countries.

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dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Sony shipped fucking root kits on their CD that would hijack your PC and screw with backup software.

Worse, this thing from Sony was on music CD’s and not even games.

The Sony Rootkit debacle is one of the reasons that I still will not do business with Sony in any of its guises, for any reason, no matter the price. And believe me, I have a long memory.

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_bcron_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Some games would simply not install on a second or third machine without getting permission from the publisher.

I remember binning DDR2 RAM on a test bench back in the day and Windows deactivated itself after about a dozen times lol

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MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I’ve got CDs I’ve had for 25+ years and they’re still fine

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- Deestan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Yeah good ones last 200 years if stored correctly. Cheap ones are 5-10. 20 can be expected for quality CDs stored correctly.
  
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  - dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Don’t conflate a mastered CD with an aluminum data layer with a recordable CD-R or CD-RW, which use organic dyes that have a significantly shorter lifespan.
    
    A properly manufactured CD can last 200+ years if it’s stored in a dry environment free of UV exposure and high levels of moisture.
    
    Even a quality CD-R can’t really be expected to retain all of its data integrity for much more than 10 years.
    
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    Katana314@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    
    First released in Japan in October 1982, the CD was the second optical disc technology to be invented (–Wikipedia)
    
    Sorta doubting whatever study found proof that a CD can last 200 years…
    
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