Best Buy is going to stop selling CDs and this is crushing our inner-teenagers
Technology is constantly dictating how we consume music. There were 8-tracks and cassette tapes. Vinyl was (and still is!) a bestseller. And of course, who could forget CDs? However…it was recently announced that Best Buy will stop selling CDs.
Um, what?
Most music lovers fondly remember going to a Best Buy or Sam Goody or Tower Records to purchase newly-released music. Yet, as more and more stream music in place of physically going to a store, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that CDs are being phased out. With sales down almost 20% last year, and CDs only accounting for an annual $40 million profit for Best Buy, it’s certainly the end of an era.
Best Buy is expected to end CD sales on July 1st (and it’s rumored that Target may do the same). The internet, of course, had mixed reactions. From people who were totally surprised and asking why, to those who haven’t purchased a CD in years, everyone had an opinion.
For some, it felt like a breakup.
DON'T YOU HURT ME LIKE THIS @BestBuy
DON'T DO IT! 😢😭💔 https://t.co/mB4cNbgWdJ— Joshua Erenberg (@JoshErenberg) February 6, 2018
Others just thought, this must mean I’m old AF
#TuesdayThoughts I am officially old. I will now be able to say , "I remember when #BestBuy sold CDs" https://t.co/iI4v0FnL5E
— Dr. Jay (@jayphd18) February 6, 2018
Sometimes when words fail, a gif is the only language you need.
https://twitter.com/udfredirect/status/960946666043072512
— KJTHEGREAT ✍🏾 (@Ilive4Purpose) February 3, 2018
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Or you can just blame those millennials who want to download everything and avoid interacting with other humans.
Because GOD FORBID a millennial be forced 2 leave their homes & have 2 MAKE EYE CONTACT & breathe the air of others
That’s only 4 Tinder hookups
— creative scorpio (@vinivinidogo) February 4, 2018
Best Buy plans to continue selling vinyl for at least the next two years, which was utterly confusing to some people.
Best Buy stops selling CDs in July. But will continue selling vinyls 🤔🤔.
OK.
— Jeffrey Rousseau (@JRpotential) February 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/udfredirect/status/960952121154723840
However, others just don’t see the big deal because, you know, Amazon and technology.
All the people bugging out about #bestbuy ending the sale of cds must not have heard of this ambitious new retailer called #Amazon that literally has millions of cds available for purchase. 🙄
— Ole' Yodi (@ole_yodi) February 6, 2018
So thousads of CD and vinyl records stores have closed over the past decade+ and people wait to freak out when #BestBuy decides to stop selling $10 discs?
Download it or but vinyl, cool with me.
We have self-driving cars now and they may soon fly. It's okay to let go of the 90's— Just Some Guy (@JustSomeGuy8675) February 6, 2018
However you feel, it’s certainly a sign of the times.
