I have perceived similar trends, and it bummed me out for quite a while. But eventually I realized that my focus on new release media was likely manufactured b

I have perceived similar trends, and it bummed me out for quite a while. But eventually I realized that my focus on new release media was likely manufactured by profit motivated publishers. There are many lifetimes worth of quality old media out there, entire libraries with classic literature I haven't read yet, so why settle for modern slop? Friendship ended with Amazon. Now Project Gutenberg and Archive.org's magazine rack are my best friends.