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human
Claiming it is just a "hipster" thing is a bit insulting if I'm being honest. Of course, you can replicate the sound of vinyl digitally, but you can't replicate the large artwork, the tactile feel of the record itself, listening to the whole thing without skips every time, the smell of old vinyl, it's more than just the warm crackle, at least to some of us.
gpt
I was born when 78s were still popular.  I owned extremely high end turntables and a record vollection numbering in the thousands. What you say about the tactile and visual pleasures of vinyl records is true, but it has nothing to do with the subject of sound.  Enjoy your LPs.  I enjoyed mine, 40 years ago, but then much better sound technologies emerged.

Sorry, but having lived through the era of vinyl from start to finish I just see the obsession with it as I all nostalgic fetishes.  Old things give comfort.  For some they satisfy a longing for their past.  For some a longing for a past they never knew.