I would absolutely rather pay $100/month for a legal version of What.cd than use Spotify :/ The worst part isn't that What is gone, it's that What is gone and

I would absolutely rather pay $100/month for a legal version of What.cd than use Spotify :/ The worst part isn't that What is gone, it's that What is gone and nothing can replace it. Like with older games that can't be purchased legally online, the rightsholders have kept us from consuming that content at all. In order to preserve their absolute right to distribute it for money! The number of people here suggesting Apple Music would have killed it anyway or that Tidal etc is an adequate replacement shows just how effectively the rightsholders have deluded us all again. The currently available streaming services are almost entirely incomparable to the collection once available at What, it's like comparing your local library to the statewide database.