The utility Spotify provides is discoverability. Spotify is a large and diverse collection. > you get buying the CD on iTunes or something As far as iTunes go

The utility Spotify provides is discoverability. Spotify is a large and diverse collection. > you get buying the CD on iTunes or something As far as iTunes goes, it does not provide lossless DRM-free content at a competitive price, and is especially worthless to me, since it does not even run in Linux, and is painful to use in Windows. There aren't many competitors either, because media corporations are holding back innovation and competition by demanding fees and DRM.