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hera posted...

cassettes were cheaper than 8tracks lmao

and they were also around since before 8tracks

if you're going to try and insult me, at least know what you're talking about

because i certainly do~

Then you would know that cassette players were primarily used for recording and playback of sound until the 80's, and that it was due to the cost of mass-producing cassette tapes and players. Simply put, in the 60's it was cheaper to mass-produce 8 track players. By the 80's cassette had become cheaper and 8 tracks were the same price as they were in the 60's. So saying one is cheaper then the other is only a half truth. They became cheaper which is why they were popular when they were.

It was the same thing with VHS/Betamax. It was used as a recording medium because it was cost-restrictive to use it for home releases of movies/TV. People had to spend a whole paycheck on a player and a single tape, so no one was going to expect consumers to buy multiple movies on tape. By the 80's and 90's, that was no longer the case.