▲ 246 ▼ PlayStation Is Deleting 551 Movies From Customers’ Accounts, Reminding Us Nothing Digital Is Ever Truly Ours (archive.is) submitted 1 month ago by hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works to c/games@lemmy.world 20 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] 7112@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (2 children) Nothing on a digital service. Digital copies are a great way to have backups. Just don't store your media with a third party. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] RogueBanana@piefed.zip 7 points 1 month ago And if the data is important and difficult to redownload, remember the 3-2-1 backup rule. You can rely on a third party but not completely. permalink fedilink source parent [–] homik@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) Passive digital data is in fact the only thing that can be perfectly preserved as long as a sufficient number of copies exist and are replicated before the media rots. Along with backups, keep checksums and check for bit rot regularly! Also make sure that recovery works by testing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RogueBanana@piefed.zip 7 points 1 month ago And if the data is important and difficult to redownload, remember the 3-2-1 backup rule. You can rely on a third party but not completely. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] homik@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) Passive digital data is in fact the only thing that can be perfectly preserved as long as a sufficient number of copies exist and are replicated before the media rots. Along with backups, keep checksums and check for bit rot regularly! Also make sure that recovery works by testing. permalink fedilink source parent