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> Even today, while I use spotify on my work computer, it’s basically the same albums every day (around a dozen). Playing CDs would be probably better than switching to the UX disaster that is Spotify

Why don't you switch to CDs then? Something is telling me this isn't quite the full story.

I'm sure lots of people who don't really need to use Spotify use Spotify all the time, if you really do listen to just a few albums, why not buy those off Bandcamp/Beatport/Whatever then listen to those and stop paying Spotify? I'd easily switch away from Spotify if I no longer saw/agreed with the convenience, but hard to beat it for discovery right now.

[skydhash]

> Why don't you switch to CDs then? Something is telling me this isn't quite the full story

I don’t have a CD player.

I do have a local library (decently sized) which contains the album I truly like. I play that from my home theater and have part of it on my phone.

Maybe one day, I will buy a CD player and a few of those albums (for the art). And then I can play music without involving a screen.

Spotify is mostly for my SO. It’s cheap where I’m at and good enough for background music when I need some (rarely).

[rpdillon]

The full story is that CDs have a physicality to them that can be somewhat inconvenient.

But the concept holds. I have a directory in a copyparty share that I stream music from constantly. It's probably 20 albums worth of music, and it's just in a mix that I put on almost every day, whether I'm driving or I'm working.

I tend to tune into livestreams on YouTube for the discovery aspect.

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You can still buy dedicated music players with many gigabytes of storage. Leave that in the car plugged into the stereo. They are comparatively dirt cheap from what was available before streaming took over.