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"There was a funeral the other day in the Midtown offices of Hachette, the book publisher, to mourn the passing of what it called a “dear friend.” Nobody had actually died, except for a piece of technology, the cassette tape..."

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Eh, people will still use cassette tapes. Maybe not many, but some will. I still do.
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