@aeva ...which probably directly incentives Them to make preservation of media as legally and financially burdensome as possible. Make storage media cost a fortune. Engage in lawfare against every visible preservation effort. Lobby laws that make preservation illegal but spicy auto complete laundered copyright violation legal (for them), so that all content is ephemeral and any experience you desire must be extruded, consumed, and disposed of. "There's plenty of classics to play" is precarious.