Storage is cheaper than regret

[bedes]

Name/Pseudonym: Azure or Bede!

Hobbies/interests: I write, draw, code, and edit (gifs, images and videos), among other things. I really love animation and video games!

Do you data hoard? If so, what do you hoard?: I do! I hoard my own stuff (the previously-mentioned drawings, writings, coding projects and edits, as well as regularly backing up my and my husband's social media accounts), plus stuff related to my fandoms! I either archive things publicly (via one of my personal sites or archive.org), or privately (on Iris, my 1TB external drive).

Why do you data hoard?: I really got into data hoarding after the whole fiasco with Warner Bros removing several TV shows from their services for tax writeoffs. It was the catalyst to me realizing that I can't trust companies to preserve what I love; they'll make entire pieces of art illegal to watch, just to save a few pennies.

Anything else?: I'm an extreme newbie when it comes to datahoarding (as you can probably tell by me only having only one external drive), and I'm doing it on a very tight budget (which is why I only have the one external drive, lol). I hope I can still say some things of use when it comes to this topic, though! I'd also like to mention that I'm mentally disabled, so I may communicate in a strange way, but I promise I'm never trying to be rude or combative or passive-aggressive or robotic or etc.