> Cassettes and VHS will by then be unreadable, just as most floppies are now. And yet, the longevity of a humble cassette tape far exceeds that of the average

> Cassettes and VHS will by then be unreadable, just as most floppies are now. And yet, the longevity of a humble cassette tape far exceeds that of the average website. Websites ("digital products" if we must) change, they delete old/offtopic articles for SEO reasons, they change designs to fit in more ads, their owner ship changes hands, the image links break...the list is endless. There are Gizmodo articles from < 10yrs filled with blank blocks with an "image not found" message in them. At least the cassette's changes are due to physical degradation only.