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The 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.
by brookst 3y ago
The 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.