[joecool1029]

> Does Spotify really cut that deep into the demographic of hardcore music tracker users?

It does because private trackers use buffer as currency. The music trackers have had to adapt to use points systems now to encourage downloading activity. But even still, activity is way down from the what.cd days. It's just easier to stream the easily accessible stuff.

[MivLives]

Also if you're not an uploader, building ratio to use the site is hard. Going from ten years of what.cd freeleech of buffer to nothing and facing the prospect of building it up again can be daunting.