What will be the data storage method of the future


Please correct my errors, but we have gone from:

1) Holes in paper: Player piano.
2) Holes in metal disc; Old phonograph.
3) Vinyl
4) Tapes: 8 track and then cassette.
5) CD
6) Hard drive.
7) compact flash card.
8) USB flash drives.
9) SD cards.

I'm still waiting for things to settle down before even deciding what to invest as my future storage media device. Seems like the industry can't decide either as there are many variations in playback machines. Very few are audiophile quality either (IMHO / IME).

Funny how this hasn't piqued the interest like HDCD, XRCD, DVD-Audio and SACD battles did.
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Cloud storage is probably not going to "take care" of your data as much as you could. However it will make the backups much easier and more reliable than anyone could.

Please correct my errors, but we have gone from:

1) Holes in paper: Player piano.
2) Holes in metal disc; Old phonograph.
3) Vinyl
4) Tapes: 8 track and then cassette.
5) CD
6) Hard drive.
7) compact flash card.
8) USB flash drives.
9) SD cards.

I'm still waiting for things to settle down before even deciding what to invest as my future storage media device. Whis company provides storage services.
 Seems like the industry can't decide either as there are many variations in playback machines. Very few are audiophile quality either (IMHO / IME). Funny how this hasn't piqued the interest like HDCD, XRCD, DVD-Audio and SACD battles did.

Yes, you noted it correctly