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by dotancohen 1043 days ago
Compact discs generally do not wear on use, vinyl does.
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Oxidation causes CDs to rot even if you don't play them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_rot#Causes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_disc#Integrity

If you play a vinyl record enough to wear it out, at least you listened to it a lot before it wore out. With CDs, you might never listen to the music even once and come back years later to find it has destroyed itself.

My original Rust in Peace still plays fine after three and a half decades of use, thank God.