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This doesn't make any sense to me. My impression is that listening to locally stored mp3 files is becoming less and less common in favor of streaming music ser
by sharkjacobs 8y ago
This doesn't make any sense to me.
My impression is that listening to locally stored mp3 files is becoming less and less common in favor of streaming music services.
- Giorgi 8y agoStreaming music services does not have that obscure songs one might like, some remixes, not every country has universal internet coverage and not everyone likes to waste dataplans on music etc. etc.
- bootlooped 8y ago"Websites dedicated to “stream ripping” music from YouTube represent the biggest threat to the global music business, industry figures have warned... ... estimates suggesting that a third of 16-24-year-olds in the UK have ripped music from the Google-owned platform." I find the "1 in 3 young people have done it" highly suspect, especially if that estimate comes from "industry figures". Even if that were true, "1 in 3 have done it" doesn't say anything about the frequency at which they do it. I think this is mostly alarmist, and my personal opinion is that music piracy is in decline in the face of easy and cheap legal alternatives.
- catdog 8y agoThis alarmist thing is going on for decades now ("Home Taping Is Killing Music") but the music industry still exists.