In the time period they were referencing Polaroids were at risk of extinction because only one company was making the film at one plant and only through the complaining of hipsters were you able to have Polaroids at your wedding.

2001 Polaroid went bankrupt. 07-08 cameras and film stopped production.

2010 a hipster group restarted production.

2020 new Polaroid cameras are introduced.

Many younger people only know Polaroids as an icon in a video game or a prop from a music video; they don't know what they are called.

I didn't mean good digitals didn't exist, but that analog camaras were still very common. And they were. The overwhelming majority of teens in the aughts would know very well what polaroid was

Probably that. Im mid 30s, UK, and have never seen a Polaroid in my life. Ive seen 2 people with polaroids on their bedroom walls, but never seen a camera except on TV.

To my mind they're only used to show "look, its the 80s! Its a scene set in the past!" Or "look how quirky the indie hipster kid in this scene is!"