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this post was submitted on 29 Sep 2026
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You do get most of those with files : owning it, trading it, and you can build a community around file sharing. The problem is not in the file concept but in the capitalistic ecosystem built on top of it, where they try to prevent you from easily accessing or using the files.
I can see that viewpoint. The issue there is of the ~40 IRL people I know and regularly talk to, not a single one of them has a clue what you just said. Normie's understand "CD have media. CD go in player and worky".
Files are great for us super nerds. But here's the issue. Now you have a storage medium that then needs to be plugged into a PC of some sort, now you have an os of some sort and possibly internet on said device, Now you need a media player, now you need a DAC to send it to your stereo/headphones etc.
For me, CD go in and worky is peak.
Good point, CD are easier to use. But to be honest, people around me all know how to install a program or put mp3 in the music folder, from my grandparents to my younger brother, and they're not nerds. I can see how it could be a problem if there was a little less tech literacy though.
Maybe you aren't american. The tech literacy where I am is so utterly low I'm baffled people can sustain day to day life.