[dasil003]

Streaming is the unfortunate intersection of industry desire for control and consumer friendliness.

Most people don't really care enough to curate their collection of music (and even if they do a playlist fits the bill), they just want to be able to listen to whatever they want whenever they want. Although the benefits of owning the music are real, they are sort of intangible in a digital world where a good chunk of people are one hard-drive crash away from losing all their data.

This makes me sad because owning music—especially whole albums w/ artwork—is something I cherish. But I'm pretty sure this makes me some combination of hipster and old man that is totally irrelevant to the future of the music marketplace.