I gave up around that time too, initially for Tidal. These days, I've mostly gone back to buying most music I listen to. I've even bought many of the things I p

I gave up around that time too, initially for Tidal. These days, I've mostly gone back to buying most music I listen to. I've even bought many of the things I pirated as a teenager-I value music, so why shouldn't my spending habits reflect that? Discovery is through the came channels I used 20 years ago, plus some youtube. Record stores are great for used stuff-I picked up ten albums on CD for like $32 last month. Plus, I run a navidrome server, so I can stream (some of, I have a lot of vinyl) my own music when I'm out. I'm a lot happier with this arrangement.