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u used to be able to put a dvd in your computer. and then u could watch it

i know about external disc drives. i want it built into my computer. i want to be able to put a dvd directly into my computer and watch it

I don't see enough people mourning over the slow death of physical media. And I don't just mean TV shows, video games, or movies--which don't even get me started about how we don't really 'own' anything anymore. It includes notes, journals, and letters to one another...so much of our history is lost when we lose a password, a website goes down, a file/hardware is corrupted, or a platform disappears. History that doesn't seem important until you no longer have access to it. Physical media does a lot for memory recall. How many memories will we lose because we don't have something tangible to tie it back to? Something to hold in our hands and stir up those memories we thought were once lost? Sometimes I wonder what the difference between burning a book and losing access to physical media is when someone can pull the plug and remove your access so easily.

This and the act of collecting old books and writing down your recipes in a journal and keeping a diary and putting up pictures on your wall and hoarding mementoes of the past.