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Sony will cut around 250 jobs from the recordable media business manufacturing hub and will gradually cease production of optical discs, including Blu-ray discs. (mainichi.jp)
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

the term "physical media" typically refers to portable physical media, such as floppy disks, optical media, and other solutions such as tape.

This term was in wide use before portable hard drives became a thing.