> This is why I don't use services such as Spotify. This is also why I still buy DVD's and Blu-Ray. Heh...I'm very much the opposite. I don't want DVDs and Bl

> This is why I don't use services such as Spotify. This is also why I still buy DVD's and Blu-Ray. Heh...I'm very much the opposite. I don't want DVDs and Blu-Rays taking up space, especially since I rarely watch a movie more than once or twice. I'd much rather pay for Netflix. When it comes to music, while I have a few favorite bands, I also like the discovery that something like Spotify has, where I can just tell it to play a bunch of music from a specific genre and not have to purchase individual songs/albums and create playlists and folder structures to organize it all. Music streaming is here to stay. If Spotify dies, it'll be because it's getting replaced by something else, and then I'll just switch to them. > Bottom line, I'm not against paying for things so long as I own them. I'm against subscribing to durable goods. Agreed. I think the difference is that I'm not really interested in buying music, and instead, I'm perfectly happy renting access to a massive music library. > At the rate this nonsense is going Ryobi is going to start demanding a subscription for me to continue using my mitre saw. Nonsense! 100% If something costs $0 for the company to maintain, then there's no valid reason to charge a subscription beyond increasing profits.