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> Wearing out of the physical medium makes music more valuable In what way? It adds an extra monetary cost to replace the playback medium, and an environmental
by AlecSchueler 3y ago
> Wearing out of the physical medium makes music more valuable
In what way? It adds an extra monetary cost to replace the playback medium, and an environmental cost to produce that medium, but does it actually make the music itself any more valuable?
- glimshe 3y agoI'll bite even though I don't feel the same as the parent. Imagine a long time ago when you needed performers to get any music at all. Listening to a great musician was an unique, perhaps once in a lifetime experience. Having a limited number of playbacks is similar, makes every instance of playing more valuable in the emotional sense. But I agree ultimately with your environmental argument.
- AlecSchueler 3y agoYep, would definitely rather see a return of musicians than plastic cassettes.
- anileated 3y ago> In what way? The answer is in your next sentence. Cost = value. In fact, the cost can even be infinite if you know that once its fully worn out no equivalent replacement can be obtained for any amount of money (often the case if that cassette/disc issue is no longer manufactured, or if you have an emotional attachment to a particular issue).
- AlecSchueler 3y ago> The answer is in your next sentence. Cost = value. Is it though? I think music had value before we invented money, and will surely continue to do so long after society has collapsed.
- anileated 3y agoI mean cost in utilitarian economical sense, if you don’t use money there’s still cost.
- Symbiote 3y agoThe worn out music may no longer be produced, and may be unlikely every to be produced. Even if it is produced again, that is a later edition and some people like to own the first edition.