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Re:Backblaze Hard Drive Stats for 2020 by Hamuko on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @11:40AM (#25917870)
AFAIK, M Disc really only matters for DVDs due to their organic materials. (Non-LTH) BDs on the other hand have inorganic materials and last pretty well.

I think there was a French study that compared DVDs, M Discs and BDs and the HTL BDs fared very well. Can't find the document though.

Re:Backblaze Hard Drive Stats for 2020 by smarx007 on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @11:57AM (#25918152)
Re:Backblaze Hard Drive Stats for 2020 by Hamuko on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @12:04PM (#25918247)
I think it was a separate one.