Portable digital libraries made physical media feel obsolete

Evidence

Physical media, with its cumbersome cases and linear listening, began to feel obsolete. CDs quickly fell out of favor, and kids pivoted to digital files, even if much of the music in their collections was questionably sourced. — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 128

Categorization

• XREF: Linear listening vs. shuffle listening is a small concrete piece of the larger story about how format shapes taste structure.