As someone who has been interested in retro, vintage, and antique technology since I was a preteen for me at least it's just the simplicity of it all. An old light from say the 1950s breaks and it's like 4 components max and there's a pretty good chance it's just something that needs to be tightened or cleaned, meanwhile a modern light breaks and it's almost always a fucking board meaning I can't fix it by just tightening a screw and fuck me if it has touch controls.

I will say I do like plenty of modern tech for example the FM transmitter in my truck or my computers but holy fuck I had to shop around just to find a fan that didn't need WiFi and I still got one where it's optional.