I agree. Although, I think we're at a point where most people (or at least the people who care) are savvy enough to know the importance of saving original files/formats. When people are really passionate about something, be it music, books, aquariums, what have you, they take the time to learn how to do things right.
Maybe yeah. What worries me a bit is that, apart from on the internet, I don't see many people who know the difference between lossy and lossless formats (for example). That, and the implication they have going forwards. That said, it's a WHOLE load more people that what we had in Lomax's time, so that's something. Plus, the technology and information to do it 'properly' is cheaply and readily available. In fact, there are whole groups of people devoted to preserving out digital history.