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My music collection spans some 1,700 tracks and several full albums. It’s not difficult to create local playlists, I don’t pay monthly, and I don’t have an excessive data plan because I need streaming. Look at the knock-on costs. It’s not $12/month.

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Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I listen to probably at least a dozen new songs every day. If I bought them that would cost me $18/day. Or $540/mo. Not to mention the absolute fortune required to store them all locally.

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- Powderhorn@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I’m in the phase of my life where if I encounter a new track I like in the wild, I’ll buy it. But I’m not seeking out new stuff because (cracks open a PBR and grows a goatee) everything feels homogenized today.
  
  Perhaps it’s just different use cases. Still, you’re dependent on a company to be able to continue listening to the music you like. That’s worrisome. If a company took away the collection I’ve been building since the '80s, livid wouldn’t begin to explain my reaction.
  
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  - Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    
    if I encounter a new track I like in the wild, I’ll buy it.
    
    How do you “encounter” new tracks?
    
    But I’m not seeking out new stuff because…everything feels homogenized today.
    
    If you’re not actively seeking out new music, it will feel that way, because you’re just listening to whatever is on the radio or on TV or whatever. This is the beauty of streaming platforms. In the past you were only ever exposed to whatever music the record companies decided you should hear. And it was almost exclusively homogenous “pop” music, to some degree. With streaming music you can discover new music every day based on your personal preferences.
    
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    Powderhorn@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
    OK. Lots of assumptions here. I haven’t listened to the radio since the '90s, and I’ve never paid for cable.
    
    My preferred genres are progressive house and trance, and I got into the rave scene about the time I stopped listening to the radio. I started my collection via fservs on IRC, ratio FTP sites and then Napster and P2P, totally obviating the record labels. I’m subscribed to various music producers on YouTube for when I’m thinking I want something new, and if it makes me cry, off to Beatport I go.
    
    So, like, not to be rude, but you got every assumption wrong.
    
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