I believe you are correct, that the overwhelming majority of the population are willing and able to pay for entertainment if the delivery mechanism is hassle fr

I believe you are correct, that the overwhelming majority of the population are willing and able to pay for entertainment if the delivery mechanism is hassle free and fair. Spotify and YouTube are both certainly good candidates (though nothing is perfect, and they are far from it.) What I'd like to shine a spotlight on, though, is how the operators of these major international businesses operated for decades before they finally "gave in" and started investing in streaming technologies. Except, the 2nd part of the paragraph above isn't true - they haven't given in. In my small country, they've funded a law firm with 50 employees to the count of dozens of millions of USD per year for 3 decades, to go after the little guy, who simply wanted convenience, and to listen to their favorite artists new shiny album, and was tired of paying outrageous prices for CD/DVDs that were released months later here compared to other countries. Instead of, you know, actually spending that money to come up with a solution, funding developers, or whatever. This is unacceptable. In addition, they've spent untold millions in small countries (and large) doing political maneuvers to prop up their failing business models. We _know_ they did - and do - this. This is also unacceptable. It's not the peoples responsibility to extend the life of failing businesses (possibly unless they perform some critical function). And they are still continuing these practices. The lawyers they used are still 100% employed, now to "catch internet sharing criminals" and to literally _write laws and regulations_. This is not hyperbole, or slander, or rumors. It is fact, common knowledge, and widely reported. Taking advantage of the situation that most politicians throughout the 90s and early 2000s were illiterate about "the interwebs". These companies deserve to go bankrupt. They can - quite frankly - get fucked. I have nothing but contempt in my heart for them. It actually borders on hatred. I could give sources, I could give links to the dozens of examples of these bastards suing people for whistling songs in supermarkets (although that particular example is unrelated to the topic, it speaks to my contempt). But frankly it's such common knowledge that I can't be bothered. Spotify is decent, but it was not made by these companies - it was made in -spite- of these companies trying to actively stop and hinder development. And now they own it. I will never use it, and certainly will never pay for it.