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My generation didn't buy CDs. It was all mp3. I think the shift was when I reached CD buying age at 14. I tried to compare the sub fee with how many CDs you wo

My generation didn't buy CDs. It was all mp3. I think the shift was when I reached CD buying age at 14. I tried to compare the sub fee with how many CDs you would end up with. Judging by my parents and friends parents about 40-80 CDs seemed like a common size of the music collection among people that had a collection, that propably had been growing for 20 years since mid 80s. I also argue that video rental stores were way more value than todays streaming subscription.

bobdvb 2y ago
We would maybe rent two films a week, they probably cost £5 for the pair. That's £20 per month for 8 movies? Not sure that's better value than Netflix.
- Yeul 2y ago
  It's not. Just typical nostalgia falsifying people's memories. My autism doesn't stand for it. CDs were 20-30 euro. A complete fucking rip off. No highschool kid could afford buying one every week unless they had wealthy parents. DVD box sets of TV shows? Just thinking about it makes my blood boil so I'll leave it there. I for one welcome our Netflix and Spotify overlords.
  - dylan604 2y ago
    You guys must have had some heavy import duties or something. I was buying $9/CD for the older releases and $19.99 for new releases. My parents gave me $20/week for lunch, and I'd skip lunch and save that money to buy a new CD at the end of the week. My parents were far from wealthy. Once I got into electronic music, things did get a bit more expensive because of the damn "import" stickers coming out of Europe.
dylan604 2y ago
Was your generation the same generation that never paid for any of those mp3s? Even when Napster/Limewire hit, it just never sat well with me the out right flagrant stealing going on. It was no less shocking to me than the groups flagrantly walking into stores and ripping them off. Of course people will counter with whatever reasons they used as excuses (I've heard them all). At the height of "mp3 trading", I knew many artists whose music was being distributed on these platforms that never saw a dime. Bandcamp is the closest to the ideal thing that I can imagine where fans/artist can exchange directly without a label ripping off the artists especially now that artists do not have to depend on studio time.

bobdvb 2y ago

We would maybe rent two films a week, they probably cost £5 for the pair. That's £20 per month for 8 movies? Not sure that's better value than Netflix.

Yeul 2y ago
It's not. Just typical nostalgia falsifying people's memories. My autism doesn't stand for it. CDs were 20-30 euro. A complete fucking rip off. No highschool kid could afford buying one every week unless they had wealthy parents. DVD box sets of TV shows? Just thinking about it makes my blood boil so I'll leave it there. I for one welcome our Netflix and Spotify overlords.
- dylan604 2y ago
  You guys must have had some heavy import duties or something. I was buying $9/CD for the older releases and $19.99 for new releases. My parents gave me $20/week for lunch, and I'd skip lunch and save that money to buy a new CD at the end of the week. My parents were far from wealthy. Once I got into electronic music, things did get a bit more expensive because of the damn "import" stickers coming out of Europe.

dylan604 2y ago

Was your generation the same generation that never paid for any of those mp3s? Even when Napster/Limewire hit, it just never sat well with me the out right flagrant stealing going on. It was no less shocking to me than the groups flagrantly walking into stores and ripping them off. Of course people will counter with whatever reasons they used as excuses (I've heard them all). At the height of "mp3 trading", I knew many artists whose music was being distributed on these platforms that never saw a dime. Bandcamp is the closest to the ideal thing that I can imagine where fans/artist can exchange directly without a label ripping off the artists especially now that artists do not have to depend on studio time.