DVD disks

I recently bought new PC and I have few DVD disks with it. From my point of view they are totally useless. Let me explain why.

Firstly it is really hard to find DVD drive these days. And there is reason why. DVD disk can at best write little more than 8GB of information. But it does it quite slow and you need special 2 sided disk. They are more expensive and have compatibility issues with other drives. Also they are noisy and they are quite fragile. Sunlight destroys them very quickly, you can easily break or scratch them. Also time ruins them very quickly except special one that designed for longevity and they are expensive. All notebooks that sell for last few years have no DVD in them. DVD gone and lets accept it. I stopped using DVD's in 2011 and I only once I needed DVD drive because my friend has some rare stuff on DVD.

Secondly pretty much always stuff of these disks is outdated. I'm talking about software or drivers. You can find better version of software in internet. For last 10 years I never remember that I used that disk for anything. And even if case you have no internet you still will not be able to use it because nobody have DVD drive anyway (see first point).

Thirdly that DVD disk has cost to produce with predefined software. It is not book or movie that never changes. So company have to manage software, track its versions and order new DVDs when bugs found or something like that. Also these disks have small environmental impact because it uses paper and plastic. In some cases manufacturer have to increase box size just to accommodate DVD disk.

So why they continue to do so? If you care about customers without internet put USB flash drive. Cheapest is 8GB at cost of $5 with free delivery. And every computer that made in last 20 years have USB. And I'm sure they cost around $0.5 on factory. Everybody will be happy. People without internet would use USB disks. People with internet will use them as free USB flash drive. Moreover manufacturer can place their logo on these USB drive and it will be free advertising. So if you like one of these guys who place DVD with their product and like this idea please send me check :)