Overall it's much cheaper though. They're already standard in many phones and the readers are very cheap to produce compared to what I assume a blue laser reader would cost. Spinning a disc consumes a ton more power too. Also, flash is only going to get cheaper; this attempt at a new/retro storage medium is really a dumb move. Stick with flash.
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Overall it's much cheaper though. They're already standard in many phones and the readers are very cheap to produce compared to what I assume a blue laser reader would cost. Spinning a disc consumes a ton more power too. Also, flash is only going to get cheaper; this attempt at a new/retro storage medium is really a dumb move. Stick with flash.