No no. Incidental music and "music you listen to while doing something" are not the same. Listening to incidental music all the time devalues music. And we do

No no. Incidental music and "music you listen to while doing something" are not the same. Listening to incidental music all the time devalues music. And we do it not because we wanted it but because Spotify, Apple music etc promote it. Until then "just play random stuff that this ML thinks is similar" was not a thing. But subscriptions make them more money than if they just let you buy albums and stream what you bought. I wish more artists didn't sign up for this but unfortunately big labels did. But you can listen to non incidental music that you have specifically chosen while doing something. Even your dad could be doing something while listening to music (thinking).