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by yeetsfromhellL2 1521 days ago
I did the same thing. I used to put a lot of effort into getting a perfect FLAC rip of everything I ever listened to, having them on my devices, or setting up streaming from a home server. I threw that shit out a long time ago, partly because I don't listen to the garbage that I used to, and partly because I've got better things to fuss over now. The amount of time worrying about file integrity, backups, server being up (and updated)...sorry, 90‰ of it is music I'll just get tired of soon. It wasn't worth it. Spotify makes more sense for me.

Same with movies. As I've gotten older, I can name about a dozen movies I'd like to watch again. I can afford to buy the next "highest quality release ever" when the time comes.
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BuckRogers 1521 days ago
Agreed except a lot of my old CDs aren't available on Spotify. I do plan on ripping a select portion of them when I find them again. But it'll only consist of my favorite records and unavailable.

Before I do that though, I'm going to check into Youtube Music. It's possible what I don't find on Spotify is available there.

Movies, I don't find many are missing from services. Perhaps the movies I loved were less obscure than the music. I don't plan on ripping a single DVD or VHS tape.

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