Music also had a somewhat huge resurgence of physical media thanks to collector culture. It’s almost standard now for any semi notable new release to have at least a vinyl run of a few thousand units. Huge names get pressings in the tens of thousands or more and cds and cassettes are increasingly common.

It’s crazy to me that it’s still going strong. I used to collect vinyl. I still collect used stuff sometimes but prices are nuts now even for used unless it’s in awful shape or something ancient/terrible/no one ever gave a shit about. I refuse to buy new. Back in like 2005 it was a good way to get a physical copy with decent audio quality (and often but not always a better mix versus cd/digital, especially in that era) for like $15-20. Now a single lp is $40 new and the pressing quality is often mediocre. I think nowadays most people just want something to hold onto or a jacket to hang on their wall or whatever, the idea of physical media is ancillary. Maybe they should bring back laserdiscs of movies, I bet they would sell