Sadly floppy disks will lose their magnetism over time. There will be a point in the not too distant future that all original copies of computer work on floppy are dead forever. If you have any old disks with old data, now (or realistically 10 years ago) is the time to get them backed up somewhere safe.
At least one EULA for a major PC software product stated that the terms of the license lasted for fifty (50) years, after which the licensee was obligated to return the distribution media to the vendor.
So yeah, if you're still using dBASE III in the 2030s, you are technically obligated to stop doing so and return your demagnetized floppies to a defunct company!
Yeah. During the lockdown I was stuck by "chance" alone at my parents' old house, the one were I grew up. I found my old C128 (which I'd use in C64 mode all the time) and cleaned it, cleaned its disk drive, cleaned my floppies and tried them. To my surprise about 2 out of 3 were still working (they're a bit more than 30 years old). Heck, I even found a "New In Unopened Box" of 5"1/4 floppies and started making a few copies of some of the disks that were still working (out of boredom and curiosity more than to save data).
