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by AlbertCory
687 days ago
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I'd be quite happy if Spotify just went away. The world of music would be much better off. My solution (doesn't work for everyone): I have a large library on the microSD card on my phone, and set the music player to Shuffle. Quite often a song comes on and I think, "Wow, I own THAT??" OK, I'll admit that doesn't play any new music. However, no bills for bandwidth! |
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Why? It's almost exactly the same experience you get from all the competing services, and that experience is fantastic: any album, any song, instantly ready to play.
> I have a large library on the microSD card on my phone, and set the music player to Shuffle.
This is a fine situation to be in but from the perspective of your fellow music consumers it is highly undesirable. Music libraries involve a lot of time and money. For the cost of one album per month you can subscribe to an unlimited service.
> no bills for bandwidth!
This definitely sounds unique to your geographical situation.
I admit that streaming services are bad for artists who want to make money from album sales, but asking consumers to use something else would be like asking people to ride horses to work in order to keep farriers in business. The 1990s are long gone; being a famous musician isn't guaranteed to make you rich anymore. Meanwhile the not-famous musicians who make up 99.999% of the music population can happily continue not making any money off of album sales the same way they've always done.