Realistically I think this will only be used for short (sub 100 years) storage, or archives like a microfiche archive that are in continuous use.
There are quite a few use cases where a government or company might be obligated to keep data for long periods.
I’m curious about the 10,000 year claim, does that apply to the full plate, or is that average time to fail per some unit of data?
Apple didn’t have a claim to all small size screens, they were the only ones who ordered them in the first place. So this isn’t their fault, though I do resent them dropping the 13 mini so suddenly (I had expected to pick one up after this announcement, but they cost the same as the newest pro…)
The small phone project is looking for existing screens so they don’t have to design and pay for the tooling to produce them.