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		dymk on April 29, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Half of vinyl buyers in the U.S. don’t have a reco... Vinyl records are a way to display the album art in a large-ish format. CDs are tiny and not as good for displaying.

potamic on April 29, 2023 [–]

Wonder why CDs never came with ginormous jackets

gweinberg on April 29, 2023 | [–]

They did. When CDs first came out, they were in these ridiculous long boxes so they would fit in with vinyl lps.

rufus_foreman on April 29, 2023 | | [–]

It also made them harder to shoplift.

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