I think people enjoy holding and reading the album cover as well as caring for the record. Vinyl may stick around like printed books. harry
On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 1:21 PM Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > H L V <hveeder...@gmail.com> wrote: > > If this video is accurate then no music cassettes are sold today whereas >> at one time they dwarfed vinyl sales. >> >> This says something about the nature of obsolescence. >> A technology doesn't become obsolete simply because it is "obviously" >> inferior or less affordable. >> > > That is true. The book "The Innovator's Dilemma" describes some situations > in which the new technology wins out even though it is inferior in some > ways, or more expensive. For example, around 1982, 5 MB personal computer > hard disks cost more per megabyte than minicomputer disks. They had less > storage, they were slower and probably less reliable. They sold well > because they happened to fit that market segment. It is complicated. See p. > 71 and 72 for a look at the book: > > https://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/RothwellJcoldfusiona.pdf > > Vinyl sales are up partly as a fad, or a fashion statement. Music > cassettes were a lousy technology. Fidelity was poor and they soon broke. > >
