| > I used to leech Mp3's with the best of them, trawling through blogs enmasse before music was consolidated by giant aggregators That's not the only alternative. I've never done that. > Its very intersting how my music taste has evolved over the years, the more genres and types i was exposed to, the more i discovered. I couldn't agree more! But streaming services (or old-school radio) doesn't work well for me when it comes to discovering new music. I get that plenty of people find that a great path and more power to them. But for me, streaming services are like radio you pay for, and music radio has never been a thing of value to me at any point in my life. And, financially speaking, "radio you pay for" makes no sense to me. If I'm paying money, I want to have the music available to listen to any time I want, on any device I want -- not just when a DJ decides it's time to play it, or only when I have an internet connection. But don't get me wrong -- I am not saying that streaming services are stupid and shouldn't exist. I'm just saying that they don't provide value to me, personally. |