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I think it overwhelmingly feeds into FOMO, but otherwise most people would be much better off with personal music collections. I pretty much grew up streaming

I think it overwhelmingly feeds into FOMO, but otherwise most people would be much better off with personal music collections. I pretty much grew up streaming music on YouTube, Pandora, and Spotify. About 4 years ago I decided to drop Spotify cold turkey, and have been building a music collection since. I have already spent less on music than I would have in the same period on a Spotify subscription on a collection of music I love enough to have specifically purchased. I will also never have this music taken away from me, unlike music on Spotify which may be removed against my will.

extr 2y ago
By the sound of it you’re a little younger than me. I grew up managing my music collection and growing it as you describe. It was a lot of fun. But it took time in my day that I no longer have between kids and work and whatnot. Finding and listening to good music is still something I enjoy but I don’t have all day to be preoccupied with it, manage metadata, set up a home server to stream it, etc. Spotify is a rounding error in terms of cost for me. So the decision for me is not between “stream” or “have a personal collection”, it’s “stream” or “don’t have as much music in my life”. I suspect this calculation is similar for most
- ASalazarMX 2y ago
  "Stream, but download your songs if you want" would be the ideal world, but alas, a LOT would need to change for it to happen. Meanwhile we can be happy with "Pay us rent to hear the songs on our library, but only what the labels allow us to show in your country, which can and will change frequently. Also don't look for anything slightly exotic because it isn't there. Oh, don't be sad... here, have tons of covers by unknown and mediocre artists we used to pad out collection with."