I think a big emotional barrier to getting rid of old electronics is sentimentality about their contents (first text messages with now-DH!) And worry I’ll lose some data on them that isnt saved anywhere else and will one day need/ would be nice for the great great grandkids to read.
Yes this sounds unreasonable but also they found the secret to Roman cement was seawater because they’d only written “water” on the recipe, sooooo clearly I’m not unreasonable to hoard every bit of information ever.
Breathe ok I am collecting the old electronics now. Phones first.