A Beginner’s Guide To The History Of Vinyl And How It’s The New Retro Thing

Technological Waste

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Cassette tapes were only good for two things: recording things and listening to tapes on your eight-track.

When compact discs were becoming a thing, tapes were still around, but they faded out quicker than CDs. To this day, cassette tapes are a waste of technology.