I sort of get the appeal of the audio cassette. You can throw it directly into your backpack or pocket, no delicate fiddliness like a CD. It has enough physic

I sort of get the appeal of the audio cassette. You can throw it directly into your backpack or pocket, no delicate fiddliness like a CD. It has enough physical substance to be meaningfully comparable to its contents, in contrast to a USB thumb drive, plus it has a finite amount of storage. The limited storage is important in the context of mixtapes. That was a currency back in the 80's and 90's, a very meaningful and thoughtful gift to give or receive. Like a love letter. You only got 20 or so songs, and that's it. Giving someone a subset of your torrent library is not the same.