Related, with so many free ways to listen to music, by the time I’m spending money on music I’ve already decided it’s worth it. Maybe I’ve listened to it a ton. Maybe the lyrics speak to me. Maybe it’s just a particularly well composed piece of music. Either way, I’ve made the valuation of it being worth it before I spend the money.
seaQueue@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I always hate these questions (is X worth it?) because you’re asking the Internet to give you an answer to a subjective question. If you want to sort out the answer for yourself it comes down to how much money you can afford to spend on entertainment and whether you think £1 of that amount for a song is worth it.
If you’re rich and £1 doesn’t matter in slightest and you like the song then it’s “worth it.” If you’re poor and you have £20/wk to spend entertaining yourself then maybe not. Anyway who knows, if you think the song is worth the price then go for it.
Also, just to throw this out there, there are an awful lot of ways to listen to music on the Internet that won’t cost you anything. You could always use one of those then later to back and buy music that’s particularly meaningful to you. Remember that streaming music pays the actual artists almost nothing, go buy physical media (or better yet go to one of their shows and buy merch) if you want your favorite artists to actually see any money.
Bangs42@lemmy.world 2 months ago
sam@southampton.social 2 months ago
So the reason I purchase songs digitally is a few reasons;
1. Purchasing an album is really expensive
2. Purchasing the album is stupid for me as I normally only like 1-2 songs on it.
3. I'm really autistic and can't deal with going to an artists shows
4. I don't like how Streaming services work taking money no matter how much I listen to the music
5. Digital Media can be copied and saved
6. I know I could just download the MP3 from YouTube but I like to pay something towards the work
Zonetrooper@lemmy.world 2 months ago
These are all really good reasons to purchase digital media, but the comment above still has a great point that this is super subjective and we can’t answer for you. In the end, I echo their sentiment that “if you think the song is worth the price then go for it”.