How do young people discover older music and movies when you have to search for everything these days?

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The original was posted on /r/nostupidquestions by /u/itsfuckingpizzatime on 2023-07-18 01:14:39+00:00.

I just had this random thought that when I was a kid, we didn’t get to choose what we wanted to watch or listen to. We were exposed to whatever was playing on the radio or HBO or MTV. That meant we naturally were exposed to different types of music or movies we wouldn’t normally search out.

Now that all content is searchable, how would anyone be exposed to older stuff? You would naturally only search for things that are new or your friends recommend.

Like how would a teenager today discover Alice In Chains, or Monty Python and the Holy Grail?

So to you young bucks out there, do you ever listen to music or watch movies from before 2000? If so, how do you find it?