“However, if analog storage was so great, we would not have lost so many films to decaying or exploding celluloid film. According to the Times, in terms of survival rates, analog storage is not much better than digital. It says ‘only half of the feature films shot before 1950 survive.’”

Those early films were lost not just because the film itself was fragile, but also because almost no one (including the studios) thought they were worth saving.