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Can we talk about how we (the listeners) don't own our music anymore, and are at the mercy of the cloud to provide us our precious songs. Apple Music has a nast
by nixpulvis 8y ago
Can we talk about how we (the listeners) don't own our music anymore, and are at the mercy of the cloud to provide us our precious songs. Apple Music has a nasty habit of deleting my music without warning. This can't be a sustainable long view for us. All this hubbub about what service based model is correct is missing the real issue in my opinion, though that's not to say getting my money to the actual artists isn't important. We need something more different.
- NoPicklez 8y agoYou pay for a streaming service, you don't pay for specific songs or artists. I have been using Spotify since 2011 and have never once had an issue with music being deleted from Spotify or my device. Perhaps I'm missing something here but it's not really an issue. You are at the mercy of the cloud, but for great benefit over having to purchase each individual track for $1.99 from iTunes. Where you could argue that you had a level of "ownership" over the track because you could export it anywhere. What is your alternative?
- neuralRiot 8y agoActually you never owned "the music" you just own the physical copy in such cases, if that makes you feel more an "owner" you can still buy CDs for most of the artists even vinyl in some cases if not you can always buy and download, most of the music i listen i get it from Beatport you just pay and download no DRM no BS.