It's not necessarily about being too stupid or idiot to understand the process, but about enjoying it.
Enjoying what? That someone - or something - chooses songs for you to listen next? Sure, but don't blame streaming for mechanistic algorithms or whatever other silly bullshit. My point is, if you want to listen to what YOU what, you can do it with streaming just the same as with CDs, vinyl or tapes. I have several playlists on several streaming services, I add to them, I re-arrange them, because ordering matter to me. It is much easier than re-recording a cassette or a CD.
The whole playlist nicely fits a 90-minute cassette.
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That's so pretty I'd buy it just as a piece of artwork.Shoulda kept this beauty after all perhaps.
.. Gonna be a sought after collectible!
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The whole process. Having to fiddle with a tiny phone screen, or to sit in front of a computer. Not owning any of that music, but just renting it and accepting that it could change or disappear at any time (I've had that happen to me countless times - listening to a playlist and noticing that one of the songs had automatically been replaced with a "radio mix" version or some other crap like that).
I grew up with vinyls and generally, when I invest in physical media, I'm buying vinyls. That said, while my system isn't truly high end, it is considerably better than average and I would never say that vinyls are noticeably better. They're noisy, with analog hiss as well as pops, they're fragile and easily damaged and they're inconvenient and labor intensive, requiring constant cleaning and futzing, not to mention flipping the platter every 10-20 minutes. There is, however, a tactile quality with vinyls that is satisfying in a way and their limitations engender a focus and intimacy with the music that can be compelling. 80-90% of the time, however, I'm streaming, even when I own the music on vinyls or CD. Far from being unsatisfying, it offers great sound quality, frequently at better resolution and bit-rates available by physical media and the ability to discover new music* with streaming, from the comfort of my living room, is without parallel.
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I'm totally with you, but have an aversion to keeping things around I don't use.
I am not talking about those who are happy. I am talking about those who claim there is nothing good to listen to these days yet who do not care to research the long tail. I say, let them listen to autotuned rap.
I can relate to that. I like the fact that with physical media, I'm not needing to mess with a phone or anything like that. The fact that I can pick up the record jacket or CD cover to see the album graphics and get information on the recording means that I don't have to look stuff up on my phone. I find that whenever I'm dealing with the phone that it becomes a kind of rabbit hole and I get distracted by everything available on it...
Not a tech problem.
That I agree with. There's a lot of great music out there, and streaming is the best way to discover it.
Donate on Bandcamp, download FLACs and listen to your very local files.
No, it's certainly not a issue with the tech, and I'm certainly one not to take the technology for granted, as I do a lot of stuff with the computer like digital photography, graphic design and more recently video editing. It's amazing what all of this stuff can do and how truly well designed the interfaces for most of this software is. In this instance the issue isn't with the technology itself, but how I engage with it, and for purposes of engaging with music, I'd prefer to not deal with that extra layer of tech.
That's exactly where I have purchased those files, and I use Bluetooth to listen on my system. 137 purchases and counting.
