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Personally, I have not bought music since streaming services started covering 90% of the music I listen to.
by alyx 12y ago
Personally, I have not bought music since streaming services started covering 90% of the music I listen to.
- alanfalcon 12y agoPersonally, I've bought more music since streaming services (iTunes Radio with iTunes Match) exposed me to more music than I normally listen to (i.e. my existing iTunes library). Not a lot more music, but a couple more albums and a dozen more singles than the few new releases I normally would have purchased from my favorite artists. That ability to, on demand, listen to any song I want to listen to... it's too valuable to me to let go of completely even if much of the time I'm okay with listening to whatever comes on a stream.
- acheron 12y agoThat's so bizarre to me. I'm pretty much with Penny Arcade on this: "it's basically infinity dollars." [1] I mean, the idea of "owning" a digital file is a bit nebulous, but streaming offers nothing to me. Though I'm completely the opposite when it comes to movies, where I'm perfectly happy with streaming. So who knows. [1] http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/05/15 http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/05/15
- TheCondor 12y agoHow many movies do you rewatch? A really infectious song, you'll listen to it tens or even hundreds of times. It's a different kind of investment
- wvenable 12y agoIt might be infinity dollars but it's also infinity music. As new music gets released you can listen to that too as well as a back catalog larger than you could conceivably own. The concept of renting something is neither new nor strange. Penny Arcade's example is the same for housing, gym memberships, etc.
- Retra 12y agoMusic is already 'nothing.' Just sounds in the air. But then, life is also pointless if you want to go down that road.
- Grue3 12y agoWhat do you do with the remaining 10%?