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We would maybe rent two films a week, they probably cost £5 for the pair.

That's £20 per month for 8 movies? Not sure that's better value than Netflix.

It's not. Just typical nostalgia falsifying people's memories. My autism doesn't stand for it.

CDs were 20-30 euro. A complete fucking rip off. No highschool kid could afford buying one every week unless they had wealthy parents. DVD box sets of TV shows? Just thinking about it makes my blood boil so I'll leave it there.

I for one welcome our Netflix and Spotify overlords.

You guys must have had some heavy import duties or something. I was buying $9/CD for the older releases and $19.99 for new releases. My parents gave me $20/week for lunch, and I'd skip lunch and save that money to buy a new CD at the end of the week. My parents were far from wealthy.

Once I got into electronic music, things did get a bit more expensive because of the damn "import" stickers coming out of Europe.

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