Yes I get a dystopic vibe, but for an entirely different reason. As for what we lost, I would say a gradual loss of the social element. Music used to be somethi

Yes I get a dystopic vibe, but for an entirely different reason. As for what we lost, I would say a gradual loss of the social element. Music used to be something that everyone did. Then become something that musicians did and other people listened to, but at least you got to see them perform and create a shared experience. Then we started recording music so you could listen to it at home, but there was still the social element of listening to the same music and sharing recommendations and forming subcultures based on listening to the same music. Now with dj spotify you don't even need to discuss music with other people. Now don't get me wrong, of course there are still lots of people doing music for the fun of it, people still go to live performances, people still share recommendations. So it isn't fully lost by any means, just a question of degrees.