I thought a BD duplicator. Multiple drives, just put the professional disc in the top and a blank in one or more of the others. Obviously blanks are less resilient than pressed discs but it’s a backup and I didn’t need to have specialized skills to do it.

Yes but vinyl’s resurgence is like a decade old now. People were actively abandoning DVD while stocking up on vinyl.

On the one hand, I admit this is kind of objectively silly behavior.

On the other, I think it’s valuable to consider these things and the role they play in consumer/user behavior. Convenience is undeniably a major/the primary reason many users don’t do what’s best for them.