i relate to this to the extreme - i go through this with digital files...digital collection fatigue is a thing - i just cannot keep up with the absolute barrage of new music coming out. There's so much talent, but the same same-ness of the majority (especially if you are attuned to the subtleties of production) is incredibly fatiguing.
I've digitised my collection and sold off physicals, in no way would i ever delete the digital copies!!
> I've digitised my collection and sold off physicals, in no way would i ever delete the digital copies!!
That what I used to think too until a (not backed up) hard drive with my entire collection died. At first I was devastated, but then I came to accept that it wasn't that bad -- for the most part, all that music is still out there somewhere, so if I really wanted to hear it again, there was probably a way. Meanwhile I was still listening to and collecting new music anyway, so my collection grew again. At some point later I upgraded my computer, and I intentionally didn't bother transferring my digital collection. It was fine. It doesn't need to be forever. At least not for me.
I've digitised my collection and sold off physicals, in no way would i ever delete the digital copies!!