CineMaddie@lemmy.filmtoYou Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK that a lot of common questions/complaints about Lemmy are presently answered by kbinEnglish
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1 year agoIncorrect. It’s a common misconception that porn was the leading factor that doomed Beta to lose the format wars. In reality, Sony’s strict licensing of the beta technology, short recording times and higher cost doomed the system. A large part of the betamax development history is trying to lower its superior quality just to have the runtimes a standard vhs tape would have.
Bro ate a thesauruses huh 🤔