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I actually don’t think they are an incredible bargain. At current prices, a single subscription is 8-10 albums a year. That is way above what I would have been

I actually don’t think they are an incredible bargain. At current prices, a single subscription is 8-10 albums a year. That is way above what I would have been buying had the world stayed on CDs.

klelatti 3y ago
So you get a vast amount more choice for the same price? That doesn’t factor into your assessment of value at all?
- a1o 3y ago
  But you don't own the data as in you can play in different devices, the streaming service has to exist where you want the music and it has to have constant internet access. Before you could load the CD in the car and run in roads that are in no-coverage area. Also you pay for the internet access.
  - nickthegreek 3y ago
    Not true, offline play is possible. https://support.spotify.com/us/article/listen-offline/ https://support.spotify.com/us/article/listen-offline/
- iforgotpassword 3y ago
  For me, absolutely not. I'd rather go back to listening to the radio and not being able to decide what's playing. I currently buy two to three albums a year on Bandcamp or Amazon, the rest is YouTube.
HDThoreaun 3y ago
Ive got the family subscription to Spotify. The four of us each listen to a solid 100,000 minutes of music a year for $15 a month. 400,000 minutes of entertainment for $180 is easily the best value entertainment I’ve ever seen. That’s 37 hours per dollar.
- wodenokoto 3y ago
  If we go with iTunes prices that’s an album and a half a month. Were you really expanding you home collection that much? I too prefer renting this way, but I don’t think the value proposition is unbelievably good compared to owning.
  - HDThoreaun 3y ago
    I never bought music, just pirated it before switching to Spotify. But I listen to hundreds of new albums a year so yea o guess I was expanding my collection much faster than an album and a half a month.
  - klelatti 3y ago
    > Were you really expanding you home collection that much? An album and a half a month? There are lots of people who would buy dozens of CDs a month. I know many.
- jjav 3y ago
  > 400,000 minutes of entertainment for $180 is easily the best value entertainment I’ve ever seen Does nobody in the group ever repeat a song? If yes, then that 400K is double counting (or 50x counting or however many time a song is repeated). Depending on how much replay, at some point it becomes cheaper to just buy those CDs instead of paying for them over and over every month.

I actually don’t think they are an incredible bargain. At current prices, a single subscription is 8-10 albums a year. That is way above what I would have been buying had the world stayed on CDs.

klelatti 3y ago

So you get a vast amount more choice for the same price? That doesn’t factor into your assessment of value at all?

a1o 3y ago
But you don't own the data as in you can play in different devices, the streaming service has to exist where you want the music and it has to have constant internet access. Before you could load the CD in the car and run in roads that are in no-coverage area. Also you pay for the internet access.
- nickthegreek 3y ago
  Not true, offline play is possible. https://support.spotify.com/us/article/listen-offline/ https://support.spotify.com/us/article/listen-offline/
iforgotpassword 3y ago
For me, absolutely not. I'd rather go back to listening to the radio and not being able to decide what's playing. I currently buy two to three albums a year on Bandcamp or Amazon, the rest is YouTube.

HDThoreaun 3y ago

Ive got the family subscription to Spotify. The four of us each listen to a solid 100,000 minutes of music a year for $15 a month. 400,000 minutes of entertainment for $180 is easily the best value entertainment I’ve ever seen. That’s 37 hours per dollar.

wodenokoto 3y ago
If we go with iTunes prices that’s an album and a half a month. Were you really expanding you home collection that much? I too prefer renting this way, but I don’t think the value proposition is unbelievably good compared to owning.
- HDThoreaun 3y ago
  I never bought music, just pirated it before switching to Spotify. But I listen to hundreds of new albums a year so yea o guess I was expanding my collection much faster than an album and a half a month.
- klelatti 3y ago
  > Were you really expanding you home collection that much? An album and a half a month? There are lots of people who would buy dozens of CDs a month. I know many.
jjav 3y ago
> 400,000 minutes of entertainment for $180 is easily the best value entertainment I’ve ever seen Does nobody in the group ever repeat a song? If yes, then that 400K is double counting (or 50x counting or however many time a song is repeated). Depending on how much replay, at some point it becomes cheaper to just buy those CDs instead of paying for them over and over every month.