MiniDisk could have been excellent and possibly even overtaken CDs in popularity...

foxyv on June 14, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Is Sony's 140MB MiniDisc Drive the Next Betamax? (...

MiniDisk could have been excellent and possibly even overtaken CDs in popularity. They were durable, had a small form factor, and were pretty cool looking. But then Sony decided to make it a proprietary audio format only and totally ruined the UX.