This article really struck a nerve with me. I've been going around trying to explain to people that the experience of listening to music has got progressively w

This article really struck a nerve with me. I've been going around trying to explain to people that the experience of listening to music has got progressively worse over the last 20 years. * Discovery is back to being passive - recommendations come from the company that you are subscribed to. * Quality is paid for separately - the subscription has a fee, your data has a separate fee. * Quality is not guaranteed - it depends on your current internet connection. * There are dead zones. * Most apps I've used do a terrible job showing you only the downloaded music you have. * Your available music is subject to the deals between record labels and subscription services. * Subscription services aren't incentivized to house more obscure / old / rare / hard to find music. * Music is siloed in to different subscription services. ( We are moving to a Showtime vs Starz vs HBO vs Netflix model ) What really gets me is that at the end of the day - going the legal route of a subscription service is truly only marginally better for artists.