Sending postcards was a hobby, a way of keeping romance, relationships and real friendships alive.

Some people collected those cards and they are often found lining the trays of those stalls selling old books by the side of Europe’s rivers in major cities.

DVD’s are available everywhere, old ones. Old prized collections cleared out to make space for something more useful. And DVD’s were only around for a decade or two.

It would be strange if every new delivery method for music, movies and books had shorter lifespans than the one before. Eventually, things would last for a few days, or even less.

Time flies.