As a former record store employee, I'll reveal the secret
by potatohouse (2018-12-12 12:11:08)

In reply to: How about the agony of opening a new CD?! *  posted by URwhatUR


method. Because, as HTown references below, it is now a useless relic and there is no need to keep it classified. Sort of like the Kennedy Assassination microfilm. Exactly like that actually.

All you had to do was unhook the CD at the bottom left, unfold it from bottom to top and simply peel the sticker away. Re-hook and you're golden. No picking at it until your cuticles bled. No slicing it and removing bits of sticky hell one by one.

Unhook, Unfold, Unpeel. You're welcome from 1999.