Are you kidding. There's nothing that could replace the VCR...my mom knew how to put in the tape and press record. Nowadays, she doesn't know how to turn on the tv ("switch to hdmi input, find the settopbox remote, turn on the stb, etc...").
Sure you can Netflix, torrent, ... whatever you like but not everything can be found online. Sometimes you just wish you could press record and store something without the DRM, without paying extra for timeshift and having it stored somewhere on the cloud. I just wish you could put the tape on the shelf and know it's gonna sit there (until dad overwrites it accidentally 🤣).