It used to be you could find a box of photos or keepsakes that you inherited to look back on how things were or when you were a kid. Now, most of that is stored on phones, and most parents probably don’t think to share or save them in a way to be passed down in the future.

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      22 hours ago

      Those chemical photos are going to mostly fade into nothing within a few hundred years.

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        3 hours ago

        Bit rot happens to digital copies. It’s slower than what happens to physical copies, but over long enough time can also lead to data loss.

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          2 hours ago

          Digital loss definitely happens, but with a tiny bit of care, it can be absolutely prevented.