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It's significantly more expensive if you listen to a wide range of music. Buying albums, or even just individual songs, can very quickly surpass the $10/month y
by RussianCow 7y ago
It's significantly more expensive if you listen to a wide range of music. Buying albums, or even just individual songs, can very quickly surpass the $10/month you pay for Spotify. Maybe that's worth it to you, but I can't blame most people for just paying for a subscription.
- KozmoNau7 7y agoThe issue is control. Albums are regularly disappearing from the Spotify catalogue, sometimes reappearing later. Sometimes specific albums in a band's history are missing because that particular label doesn't have an agreement with Spotify. And you never know if it's a crappy modern brickwalled remaster. Not to mention the woefully bad curation, mixed up artists, incorrect genres/years, you name it. With music you buy, you are in control. It's about quality over quantity.
- distances 7y agoSame with video streaming. With Netflix you aren't guaranteed the show won't suddenly just disappear before you finish it -- happened multiple times for me. I've been partly going back to Blu-ray for better availability and picture quality. Netflix is still very good for exploratory watching though, but Blu-ray is very very good for stuff like classic HBO series and BBC nature documentaries.
- mehrzad 7y agoI've seen some people suggest buying one album per month and then pirating everything else (or streaming everything else). Best of both worlds, sort of.
- nine_k 7y agoIf you listen to a wide variety of music, likely some of it is more important for you, something you don't want to lose. This is the stuff to buy outright. Exploratory listening without such a commitment (youtube, spotify, bandcamp) is of course very important, and is a blessing.