People should stop saying “I bought the VHS”. It’s a tape, or a video, or a VHS tape, it’s not “a VHS”. Likewise, it is a VCR, not a “VHS player”. This seems to be a new trend.
Regarding this subject, I don’t think it’s a “new trend”. I grew up using VHS tapes a lot in the early 2000s with parents who would have used tapes in the format’s prime, and when I was little people called them whatever they felt like. Everyone said “a VHS” and “VHS player” at one time or another.
That is incredibly strange.
I think it’s a non-issue.
Most people do. That’s why they use the wrong terms. I’ll just need to accept it.