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This is why I can't understand the whole streaming garbage. There one day, gone the next. I never could understand how people can just rely on always having in

This is why I can't understand the whole streaming garbage. There one day, gone the next. I never could understand how people can just rely on always having internet, or the service, available. I get my podcasts from whomever's webpage and just listen when I have time and delete when done if not worth keeping. Hopefully this will be a learning experience for younguns. My own kids love spotify. They pay for premium (meaning I do), but still always complain. I will say some of the playlists they listen to have turned me on to some really cool music. I see that as their only value to me, personally, but I still download them to have a listen at-will. I truly feel so bad for all the devs who put so much time, effort, and money into something to be yanked. But I also can't imagine my project hinging on the whims of a random company.

daveoc64 4y ago
> This is why I can't understand the whole streaming garbage. There one day, gone the next. It's a rental model. If Spotify ever shuts down, I can switch to any of its competitors quickly enough and I have lost nothing. > I never could understand how people can just rely on always having internet, or the service, available. I've been using Spotify for over 10 years, and I cannot recall a single time where I've been unable to use the service due to being offline and the offline features of their app not working. Not that I am ever offline much these days. >Hopefully this will be a learning experience for younguns. Most young people (and most users full stop) are going to be using the official apps, web app, or supported third-party devices and aren't going to notice a thing.
- rlpb 4y ago
  I tend to listen to the same music that I like. Additions to my regular listening collection are fairly slow. So it isn't quite the same for me. If it were the nineties, I'd buy an album every few months. I could stop paying, and still have my music. Admittedly, Spotify is good for instant access and discovery. But it costs more than what I would otherwise be spending on buying albums.

daveoc64 4y ago

> This is why I can't understand the whole streaming garbage. There one day, gone the next. It's a rental model. If Spotify ever shuts down, I can switch to any of its competitors quickly enough and I have lost nothing. > I never could understand how people can just rely on always having internet, or the service, available. I've been using Spotify for over 10 years, and I cannot recall a single time where I've been unable to use the service due to being offline and the offline features of their app not working. Not that I am ever offline much these days. >Hopefully this will be a learning experience for younguns. Most young people (and most users full stop) are going to be using the official apps, web app, or supported third-party devices and aren't going to notice a thing.

rlpb 4y ago
I tend to listen to the same music that I like. Additions to my regular listening collection are fairly slow. So it isn't quite the same for me. If it were the nineties, I'd buy an album every few months. I could stop paying, and still have my music. Admittedly, Spotify is good for instant access and discovery. But it costs more than what I would otherwise be spending on buying albums.