It's responsible to do the calculation, but for those who have diverse and curious tastes in music, it often won't add up in favor of buying over streaming. I s

It's responsible to do the calculation, but for those who have diverse and curious tastes in music, it often won't add up in favor of buying over streaming. I spent a lot more purchasing music before streaming became widely available than I have in the decade+ since. Of course, if you're open to supplementing an owned archive with ad-supported streaming for discovery, special listens, etc then the math changes again. But you're usually inviting lower quality streams, less control over what you hear, and all the annoyance of interstitial ads.