I'm all in favor of physical media but I find the naked commodity fetish exploitation of the "steelbook" incredibly offputting
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It's the Vinyl effect for physical video discs.
aug 29, 2025, 8:32 pm • 2 0 • view
I find the contemporary limited-edition vinyl thing a lot easier to forgive, the nostalgia runs deep and at least there's a super-niche use for it CDs weren't packaged in metal in the 90s, steelbooks are a completely synthetic collectable
aug 29, 2025, 8:43 pm • 1 0 • view