[dangus]

Technically you don’t have to pay for a monthly sub for Spotify either ;-)

Also, it’s not a raw deal. In 1995 a single CD cost about $30 in today’s money (look up old Best Buy ads and you’ll find $16-18 CDs). Buying a Spotify subscription is equivalent cost to buying only 4 albums per year in 1995. It would be very easy to listen to more new music than that every year.

If you want proof, look at revenue charts for the music industry. Streaming music still hasn’t reached the previous level of revenue generated in the pre-Internet era when you adjust for inflation, despite the global population increasing significantly since then.