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I'ma bit older than the current generation, and I'm not into owning physical media. Packaged software has seemed obsolete for at least 10 years, and packaged C

I'ma bit older than the current generation, and I'm not into owning physical media. Packaged software has seemed obsolete for at least 10 years, and packaged CDs or DVDs just seem absurd. Currently, a CD is a one time vessel to transport high quality audio to my computer to turn into MP3s. I've used the CD drive on my two year old MacBook exactly twice. Buying a CD to get music just seems absurd, but I do like accompanying media. I'd love if my favorite bands would mail me a glossy pamphlet when I bought an album, that is more exciting than a downloadable pamphlet. My brother, on the other hand, is a bit older and fetishizes music packages. He still has a giant shelf of cassettes, a rack of records, and a huge row of CDs, elaborately alphabetized.

Apocryphon 15y ago
I'm of the current generation, and I'm into owning CDs. As far as music goes, burned albums have been around since middle school and earlier, but to me having the actual jewel case signifies ownership and support of the artist, even if I mostly listen to their music on an mp3 player. But that's just my thing; DVDs I care much less about. I do value physical books significantly, though. The difference is, of course, is that a stack of dead trees is independent of electricity (unlike CDs or DVDs) yet has higher resolution than anything electronic.
- dailyrorschach 15y ago
  For me, as a member of that current generation, I value highly my ownership of digital files. I can't get into things like Rdio, I love Pandora for just throwing on like a radio though. But when it comes to my music collection, I've been gathering these MP3s for something like 13 years now. And many of my most valued recordings are audience/soundboard recordings of live shows, something the current services don't really offer.
  - Apocryphon 15y ago
    I see. Perhaps the 'generation' that comes after you will be the people who treasure their AmazonBook Cloudplex Music and Pandora.FM accounts, and reject beaming music directly into their minds.

Apocryphon 15y ago

I'm of the current generation, and I'm into owning CDs. As far as music goes, burned albums have been around since middle school and earlier, but to me having the actual jewel case signifies ownership and support of the artist, even if I mostly listen to their music on an mp3 player. But that's just my thing; DVDs I care much less about. I do value physical books significantly, though. The difference is, of course, is that a stack of dead trees is independent of electricity (unlike CDs or DVDs) yet has higher resolution than anything electronic.

dailyrorschach 15y ago
For me, as a member of that current generation, I value highly my ownership of digital files. I can't get into things like Rdio, I love Pandora for just throwing on like a radio though. But when it comes to my music collection, I've been gathering these MP3s for something like 13 years now. And many of my most valued recordings are audience/soundboard recordings of live shows, something the current services don't really offer.
- Apocryphon 15y ago
  I see. Perhaps the 'generation' that comes after you will be the people who treasure their AmazonBook Cloudplex Music and Pandora.FM accounts, and reject beaming music directly into their minds.