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I want to be mad about this, but I own a PS5 with a disc drive and dozens of games, and none of them are physical. I can't run the game off the disc and still need the available storage space to run it (and often doesn't contain a full/completed version of the game), so the disc is just an extra step that gets in the way.
The disc is a physical license you have the right to resell.
It's a moot point when the disc, alone, does not guarantee a playable game.
That's more of a long term game preservation issue than anything else right now. Losing the disc means you lose the right to resell the license.