> the rise of streaming content services has kinda killed off the need for file sharing for most people. The history is a bit different. Napster was sued out o

> the rise of streaming content services has kinda killed off the need for file sharing for most people. The history is a bit different. Napster was sued out of existence. As I recall, this was done by the record labels, but the argument was that file sharing was unfair to artists. Which it was. But that was obviously not the real point. Streaming services are notoriously stingy when it comes to paying artists for their work. So access to music is still easy, and the net change is that new middlemen are profiting wildly. (Streaming vs. file sharing is a different issue. I want to own the music I listen to. I don't want to be dependent on an internet connection, a server, a revokable license, etc. )