Virtual data on the internet that currently we take granted for could cease to exist later on, so collecting these data is not worthless at all. There exists many lost media even in the age of internet.
With that said, collectibles that only takes a server to mark "you have it" truly are worthless.
The threadmill loop:
Valve does banwave -> bot hosters find workarounds to not trigger VAC -> bot count increases -> people are fed up with them, new help tf2 movement -> Valve does banwave