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I'm not entirely sure if I would agree with what you say about Napster. While for a while what you said was true, these days we're back to most people listening
by Etheryte 3y ago
I'm not entirely sure if I would agree with what you say about Napster. While for a while what you said was true, these days we're back to most people listening to music in walled gardens like Spotify, Apple Music, etc.
- brookst 3y agoThe lesson of walled gardens is that people will pay for curation. That’s endlessly irritating to some people, but that doesn’t change the truth of it.
- pwython 3y agoPeople will pay more for convenience. A music streaming service with access to millions of songs is the same price per month of what a single artist's CD was 20 years ago. Sure, you don't have a cool physical copy, but it's incredibly convenient to search for any song in seconds, play it instantly, and not worry about storage, etc.
- wincy 3y agoAnd I don’t have to download it, copy it to my phone, make sure the mp3 metadata is correct for the song, and I can view the lyrics, and easily share the song with a friend, and make a playlist. I have a 50GB collection of MP3s on my desktop from my teens and 20s that have been collecting dust because I just use Spotify because it’s convenient.
- Levitz 3y agoSpotify was created in a market in which piracy was widespread. I'm not sure we can assume it would have ever been a thing otherwise.
- chpatrick 3y agoSpotify/Steam/Netflix only exist in the form they do because piracy is such a compelling alternative.