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Today it's much easier and more convenient to get access to music digitally through the internet as opposed to vinyl or cd, and the quality is as high if not higher. So when people buy vinyl, they do so for the sake of the "experience" of playing a vinyl record as opposed to pressing play on a phone or computer, and also to have a material trinket of an album they like. Vinyls' boxes often feature big and pretty covers, which looks neat.
I've come to the conclusion that for me personally it's not really worth it, but I can see the appeal. I've only ever bought two vinyls, one random jazz record in a shop (I never listened to it) and one of my favorite albums, "leaves turn inside you" by unwound. My dad also has a dozen records, but the record player rarely gets any use.