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I'm curious why you torrent music still when streaming is so widely available and free/cheap? I did a lot of torrenting back in the 2000s, but thinking back on

I'm curious why you torrent music still when streaming is so widely available and free/cheap? I did a lot of torrenting back in the 2000s, but thinking back on it I spent a ton of time finding things, organizing my file system, transcoding, editing metadata, etc. I do not miss that hassle at all now.

Mediterraneo10 8y ago
I spend about half of every year traveling, often in particularly undeveloped countries and/or far from a mobile signal. Having my entire music collection on a portable hard drive is more convenient for me personally than being bound to streaming.
- badfrog 8y ago
  Makes sense, thanks for answering!
quattrofan 8y ago
I refuse to pay streaming subs, I buy second hand CDs for pennies and rip to flac. I'll always own my content and play it whenever/wherever I want at the best quality.
discreditable 8y ago
Some bands still refuse to be available on streaming (ex: Tool). Some will never be on streaming.
babypuncher 8y ago
Streaming music services lack all the options in foobar2000 that I've grown accustomed to over the last 10+ years. Personally, I buy music rather than torrent, but the pace at which I buy new music (either on bandcamp or physical CDs) costs me about the same as a Spotify premium subscription anyways, only I get to keep the music forever.
Nadya 8y ago
>I'm curious why you torrent music still when streaming is so widely available and free/cheap? To provide you with another answer, most of the artists I listen to aren't on any of the music streaming services. Because local underground bands whom only have CD's handed out at their shows rarely exist outside of the pirating scene - which has a knack for distributing local underground bands with limited release/number of CDs. A small percentage of the bands/artists are on Spotify or Bandcamp but most aren't. I buy what I can because I enjoy having the album arts but most of my music cannot be purchased or streamed. There's also no guarantee that the streaming services will still exist in 10, 20, 30+ years - but there is an almost 100% chance that the hardware and software necessary to listen to or convert .flac will exist for me to continue to listen to my music.

Mediterraneo10 8y ago

I spend about half of every year traveling, often in particularly undeveloped countries and/or far from a mobile signal. Having my entire music collection on a portable hard drive is more convenient for me personally than being bound to streaming.

badfrog 8y ago
Makes sense, thanks for answering!

quattrofan 8y ago

I refuse to pay streaming subs, I buy second hand CDs for pennies and rip to flac. I'll always own my content and play it whenever/wherever I want at the best quality.

discreditable 8y ago

Some bands still refuse to be available on streaming (ex: Tool). Some will never be on streaming.

babypuncher 8y ago

Streaming music services lack all the options in foobar2000 that I've grown accustomed to over the last 10+ years. Personally, I buy music rather than torrent, but the pace at which I buy new music (either on bandcamp or physical CDs) costs me about the same as a Spotify premium subscription anyways, only I get to keep the music forever.

Nadya 8y ago

>I'm curious why you torrent music still when streaming is so widely available and free/cheap? To provide you with another answer, most of the artists I listen to aren't on any of the music streaming services. Because local underground bands whom only have CD's handed out at their shows rarely exist outside of the pirating scene - which has a knack for distributing local underground bands with limited release/number of CDs. A small percentage of the bands/artists are on Spotify or Bandcamp but most aren't. I buy what I can because I enjoy having the album arts but most of my music cannot be purchased or streamed. There's also no guarantee that the streaming services will still exist in 10, 20, 30+ years - but there is an almost 100% chance that the hardware and software necessary to listen to or convert .flac will exist for me to continue to listen to my music.