CDs Nostalgia

Commenters reminisce about the CD era, debate the advantages of physical CDs over digital downloads and streaming, and question their ongoing relevance and decline.

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Sample Comments

tetris11 Sep 27, 2024 View on HN

that's curious, what was the alternative to the CD at the time?

criddell Jan 7, 2019 View on HN

What's the difference between what you are suggesting and just buying CDs?

jtms Jun 28, 2019 View on HN

Remember putting CDs into a computer?? Those were the days...

nicce Aug 14, 2025 View on HN

Lets go back to old good CD/DVD era.

Prrometheus Aug 7, 2008 View on HN

Always wondered why they didn't do downloads instead of CDs.

exabrial Feb 23, 2024 View on HN

Id like this same thing but for cds!

BuuQu9hu Jan 18, 2017 View on HN

Are physical CDs still a thing?

LoFiSamurai Feb 28, 2025 View on HN

Why not? You could also just rip the CD

graphitezepp Feb 27, 2020 View on HN

Someone once wanted to play a music CD on my computer. You seriously think I bothered to buy a CD reader for this thing?

Aloha Nov 14, 2022 View on HN

Wasn't it shipped in a CD in the first place?