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Why Zip drives dominated the 90s, then vanished almost overnight
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y1n0
3 hours ago
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9 minutes ago
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apothegm
an hour ago
Dominated? They were pretty niche. Most people just kept using floppies, or eventually CD-Rs.
two_handfuls
3 hours ago
Yup. Once your drive failed (which happened to most people), you never bought from them again.