I disagree with this. I own approximately 800 CDs and more albums purchased digitally through Amazon etc. I have a music library large enough that I could pla

I disagree with this. I own approximately 800 CDs and more albums purchased digitally through Amazon etc. I have a music library large enough that I could play it 24/7 for months and not hear the same thing twice. And yet.....streaming is wonderful. Yes, I can play the same album of Beethoven or ELO or Radiohead or whatever and enjoy it or even discover new things about it, but streaming is wonderful at discovering new artists. Through Spotify and later YouTube Music, I have found artists both new and old who I had not listened to before and who brought me joy and appreciation of music. Streaming is also perfect for recommendations. If a friend tells me "you should check out Save Ferris" I don't have to spend $10+ or drive to the library, I can play their discography immediately. I have not found a private solution for generating playlists across my library. If I don't want to listen to an album straight through, I am stuck manually curating. I have a home server running Plex to access to my library, but all of Plex's generated playlists / radio features are garbage compared to streaming services. It's also just not cost efficient. I built the bulk of my library during the rise of streaming when Amazon and other stores were selling albums for $5 or less to make space in warehouses. Those days are gone. 800 albums at $3 apiece average is $2400, which is a LOT of months of a streaming service.