> I've digitised my collection and sold off physicals, in no way would i ever delete the digital copies!! That what I used to think too until a (not backed up)

> I've digitised my collection and sold off physicals, in no way would i ever delete the digital copies!! That what I used to think too until a (not backed up) hard drive with my entire collection died. At first I was devastated, but then I came to accept that it wasn't that bad -- for the most part, all that music is still out there somewhere, so if I really wanted to hear it again, there was probably a way. Meanwhile I was still listening to and collecting new music anyway, so my collection grew again. At some point later I upgraded my computer, and I intentionally didn't bother transferring my digital collection. It was fine. It doesn't need to be forever. At least not for me.