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Seems like a false dichotomy to me. Why wouldn't there be room for both? Personally, Spotify has replaced CDs and MP3s much more than radio, also.

• tptacek 2y ago
  I didn't pose a dichotomy. I said one thing is better than the other. If enough people disagree, the crappier thing will survive regardless. I don't think they do, though, which is why terrestrial radio is dying.
  • lxgr 2y ago
    The implied dichotomy being "for enough people, streaming is so much better than radio that they'll completely forego radio", or maybe "see, even you prefer Spotify over radio". But that's not how it works. Even I, a single person, can very frequently listen to Spotify and occasionally listen to radio. I don't have to trade one for the other completely! > If enough people disagree, the crappier thing will survive regardless. I don't think they do, though, which is why terrestrial radio is dying. Is it really dying, or stabilizing at a lower-than-before-Spotify-but-non-zero rate? Listening rates in Germany and Austria have been pretty stable over the last 20 years, for example.
    • tptacek 2y ago
      Well, people who own terrestrial popular music stations are losing millions of dollars and shutting them down.