The less something is available, the more it is worth.
Take VHS recorders for example. Something that used to be extremely common is now super rare because it doesn’t get manufactured anymore, but tons of people still have plenty of VHS they want to see so they still get used. After a while those break down too, making the pool even smaller.
but tons of people still have plenty of VHS they want to see so they still get used
They still have usable data on them? They were magnetic and one weak point was cross-magnetizitation on the reel, causing ghost images. What was that defect called again? And the magnetizitation holds 30 years otherwise?
Depends on storage conditions and age but I just digitized my family VHS tapes from 96 to 08 and they were all still in great shape having been stored inside and left alone. Older tapes might be having trouble around now
I remember some old Disnay VHS about 15 20 years ago, wasn’t fun with all the ghosting and crosstalking.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Capitalist propaganda. Rare garbage is still garbage. The desire has to be there and often isn’t. But capitalist ideas say you have to hoard for potential.
Contramuffin@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That seems the exact opposite of capitalism? I would assume capitalist propaganda encourages you to throw away old things and buy new. Preserving old things is antithetical to that
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 days ago
There can still be value in some old things like maintaining old equipment or preserving old media. The demand may have collapsed, but it didn’t collapse to zero.