Post #531565

2026-02-26 03:27 UTC

I like to think that if streaming didn’t take over, the industry would have shifted to selling USB sticks with the media/game. Even if they did something goofy to “lock” it, at least being on a thumb drive would be more durable, compact, and have faster read time. Imagine a nicely organized self of DvDs turned into nighmare pile of flash drives of different shapes and sizes as each movie tries to make theirs stand out to make up the lack of a cover.

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@ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-02-26 03:52

A system of organization would be invented. Idk maybe a wooden stepped board with USB sized holes that you store/display your collection in, just to use the first idea I pull directly from ass. Actually make it silicone for the grippy, already improving it, then sell the wood as a fancier one, and inlay a few with idk brass or something for a “pro” version, boom marketing.

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@finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-02-26 03:56

Realistically the connector would have been proprietary, but I can see a world where we got cartridges that came in little cases like the games for nintendo ds or switch.

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@acantharea@lemmy.world 2026-02-26 04:21

Nintendo sells essentially a SD card variant in a case for the swtich. So you’re not far off :)

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@JensSpahnpasta__dup_9958@feddit.org 2026-02-26 08:10

We have this audiobook player for children in my country. That works by buying those little figures and if you place them on the player, the audiobook plays. I think that a system like that for “adult music” would be awesome. Buy some little figures and art pieces by your favorite band, display them on a shelf and use them to play music? Yeah, that would be awesome

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@MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2026-02-26 11:14

at least being on a thumb drive would be more durable, compact, and have faster read time. Akschualy, thumb drive flash is the lowest quality, cheapest one (the yield thing, the outer parts of the waver). Do not have any expectancy of thumbdrives keeping your data longer than a few hours.

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