A while ago I borrowed my aunt's VCR player, only for its child protection to fail and eject every tape after a mere second. The other VCR players I own are broken, yet I haven't gotten around to get more familiar with them in order to figure out appropriate fixes.
In fact, I recently begun to restore a bunch of old computers I still got around. Most PC's are from the late 90's, so nothing particularly fancy, albeit poorly configured and running operating systems that were way too heavy even back in the days... all of them were gifts from acquaintances. A few weeks ago, my oldest LDC monitor – I just really could not be bothered to carry one of my two CRT monitors up the stairs leading to my dedicated "retro office" until recently – no longer displays anything; the electrolyte capacitor has begun to leak and nearly 1/4 of the inner frame is covered in rust. I got it for 10 bucks from a junk shop over a decade ago, so while it's still sad that it failed NOW (I currently lack the equipment to deal with this issue), I have begun to study it intensively and now appreciate it even more how far monitors have come. From heavy radioactive monsters that could explode at any point during its lifecycle to OLED flat screens that may or may not support touch gestures (and may or may not be insanely wide for whatever reasons).
Since at least 2021, I barely use my phone anymore. Maybe to read Wikipedia when sitting in a waiting room or scan some plants. OR as a 2FA device some services unfortunately require. But I still got a landline telephone and an email address other people can use to contact me; close friends know my public keys to encrypted chat services. Pagers still appear to work but I personally wouldn't use them whilst staying at a place like Lebanon...