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i feel the same way about spotify. it's great having access to everything, but it ultimately kinda destroyed my music hobby. the version of me from 10 or 20 ye

• pjerem 5y ago
  I’m younger than you and as a teen with no money, I used to listen free music on Jamendo. There were a lot of crap on it but also a good number of very authentic, very nice albums. They were hard to found but it was so good once you discovered some new thing like. It was like the music was made for me. Waiting for me to discover it and listening it in loop. Spotify is full of music I like. But it’s probably because it’s full of music that was intentionally made to be liked by most humans. It’s like industrial food. Sure I like it and I could probably eat that everyday (health issues aside). But it’s boring. All these feels like being a spoiled kid. I sometimes wonder if I wouldn’t be more happy just going back to piracy. « Owning » those movies, that music library on this hard drive. I don’t really miss the physical mediums (ok, a little) but what I miss is owning the stuff. Even if it’s files. I am absurdly irritated when things just disappear on Netflix or when Season $x it’s not available there whereas I’m paying every month to access those things. It really feels like the industry disrespects me. At this point, I think the only reason why I’m still paying is that I’m sharing my account with other people.