> not watching crummy VHS tapes: the decline in ownership and reduction in ability to record / remix media. what do you mean by this exactly? I can agree it's

> not watching crummy VHS tapes: the decline in ownership and reduction in ability to record / remix media. what do you mean by this exactly? I can agree it's sort of sad that people don't usually own a physical/local copy of whatever movies/music they enjoy, but you can still buy physical copies of most media if you really want. I'm pretty the inflation-adjusted price is lower than it was in the early '00s. you could certainly argue that streaming is so convenient/cheap that it precludes this kind of ownership for most people. the reduction in ability to record/remix media I completely disagree with. the shittiest smartphone camera records better quality video than a good consumer camcorder from the '90s, and you can edit the footage with free software on any computer.