[kdmccormick]

did $10/mo give you access to almost every CD ever released, playable anywhere?

[myself248]

I've recently gone back to buying CDs.

I got annoyed with stuff "going gray" in my Spotify playlists, just vanishing out of the blue after I'd fallen in love with it and wanted it to be part of my mood and given that mood a name and curated a whole menagerie to go with it.

Soma's no answer to that, so this is way off-topic. But streaming services are no replacement for the CD. I'll rip and encode and curate on my own devices, especially now that it's trivial to pop a 128GB microSD card into my phone.

[kdmccormick]

I'm with you. But you can imagine that for the average listener, especially those with limited free time and disposable income, tracks going gray is rare enough that it doesn't warrant switching back to buying CDs.

[dleslie]

That's generally only true if you listen to Top 40 and major labels.

Basically anything else isn't on major streaming services.

[kdmccormick]

source, please?

Being on streaming services seems like it's table stakes for new artists these days. All the friends of mine who seriously create music make sure to release it on Spotify. Those of us who make music less seriously still release it for free on Soundcloud. No, none of us are signed to major labels.

[dleslie]

Proof by example: you won't find most self published albums from before the Internet.

One of my favorites, by a deceased Quebecois street musician, is definitely not on Spotify. I have the CD, however.

[seydor]

it's enough to buy 1 album per month. of course it s not the same, but i don't like to listen to every cd ever. The rare times i really wanted to hear something i could pirate it. I still enjoy radio streams for the low mental overhead though, plus u get the news too

[kdmccormick]

Yeah, I totally agree. I'm just responding to the comment:

> I don't understand why internet radio has died. Sure, spotify etc but broadcast music is different. Radio didn't die because CDs existed

My point is that CDs and subscription streaming are two totally different beasts, and it's not surprising that the latter was more of a disruptor to FM/internet radio.