I, personally, enjoy both. I like having new music when walking, or as a background when working. For this, the Spotify playlists are great. I wouldn't want to

I, personally, enjoy both. I like having new music when walking, or as a background when working. For this, the Spotify playlists are great. I wouldn't want to have to sift through hundreds of records, through multiple stores, multiple times a year, then rip those, all to set up a playlist with tracks that I'll listen to maybe a few times. This is music I do enjoy listening, don't get me wrong, but it doesn't have any "deep value" or whatever to me. If it disappeared tomorrow, I really wouldn't care. The "issue for later me" would be to find an equivalent service of "disposable / background music", not to get my hands on the exact same tracks again. But then, there are many albums, or even standalone tracks or custom playlists, which I would absolutely hate to lose. For those, I'm fine with going through the trouble of buying them and figuring long-term storage.