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The polar opposite of [[Appeal to Novelty]], where the ''older'' position is right. See [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]], [[Nostalgia Filter]], [[Older Is Better]], and [[Good Old Ways]]. This tends to be rolled out regarding consumer products and morality; in the former case, they don't make 'em like they used to, and in the latter, it was better in the good ol' days. Granted that "old ways" do tend to be at least ''adequate'', or nobody sticks with them long enough for them to become ''old'' ways in the first place; what makes this a fallacy is the unstated assumption that no further refinement or improvement of the process is possible.
* Appeal to Antiquity.
* "We've Always Done It This Way."
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