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by omoikane 969 days ago
It's an attention to detail to make the discs more kid-friendly, probably. Just like how Nintendo made their carts taste bad[1] so that kids don't try to eat them, while other vendors just left the plastic as is.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30076389 - Nintendo Switch game cartridges taste offensively bad (2017)