Storing music or data in general in optical drives can also be discussed. Hard disk drives (HDD) or SSD can be much more clean than old-fashioned optical disks.

Hard disks (and non-optical storage in general) uses less energy to get the job done, they work faster and you can reuse them. In top of that, non-optical storage devices usually last longer than optical.

So it’s not just to try to avoid buying music in CD’s, but also avoid using them as a storage media. In my opinion, CD’s should actually be retired. I don’t know WHY people still use optical disks, they are also more expensive and unconfortable than other storage media.

Storing music or data in general in optical drives can also be discussed. Hard disk drives (HDD) or SSD can be much more clean than old-fashioned optical disks.

Hard disks (and non-optical storage in general) uses less energy to get the job done, they work faster and you can reuse them. In top of that, non-optical storage devices usually last longer than optical.

So it’s not just to try to avoid buying music in CD’s, but also avoid using them as a storage media. In my opinion, CD’s should actually be retired. I don’t know WHY people still use optical disks, they are also more expensive and unconfortable than other storage media.