I think this is broadly true, but not as true as the quote would imply.
For example, people like 8-bit pixel art and chiptune music, but I don't think anyone misses the 10+ minute load times of the Commodore 64 (or even the 3 minute load times of the PS1). People like the goofy 90's internet with marquee and blink tags, but most people don't miss eight hundred popups happening with every website. People miss the pops and ticks and hiss of vinyl, but I don't think most people miss how expensive and risky music was pre-Spotify[1] (Youtube Music, Apple Music, etc).
I think this quote is being a bit selective with what they're choosing to remember. Yes, there are certain idiosyncrasies and limitations that people grow fond of, but I think there are just as many things that get supplanted and that rightfully get left in the history books.
[1] There were multiple times where I would end up paying upwards of $20 for an album because I liked a single on the radio, only to find that the rest of the album is completely awful. Piracy was honestly made this experience measurably better, and Spotify and its ilk basically made something superior to piracy, completely supplanting it for me.
For example, people like 8-bit pixel art and chiptune music, but I don't think anyone misses the 10+ minute load times of the Commodore 64 (or even the 3 minute load times of the PS1). People like the goofy 90's internet with marquee and blink tags, but most people don't miss eight hundred popups happening with every website. People miss the pops and ticks and hiss of vinyl, but I don't think most people miss how expensive and risky music was pre-Spotify[1] (Youtube Music, Apple Music, etc).
I think this quote is being a bit selective with what they're choosing to remember. Yes, there are certain idiosyncrasies and limitations that people grow fond of, but I think there are just as many things that get supplanted and that rightfully get left in the history books.
[1] There were multiple times where I would end up paying upwards of $20 for an album because I liked a single on the radio, only to find that the rest of the album is completely awful. Piracy was honestly made this experience measurably better, and Spotify and its ilk basically made something superior to piracy, completely supplanting it for me.