[sambeau]

I assume, by the same logic, he'll be removing his music from Radio, too?

[RubyPinch]

Probably not.

    I was there.
    AM radio kicked streaming's ass.
    Analog Cassettes and 8 tracks also kicked streaming's ass,
    and absolutely rocked compared to streaming.

[dwb]

The most rose-tinted of nostalgia, absolutely mystifying. I remember AM and cassettes too and they sounded pretty bad, though listenably so. Even Spotify's lower quality is streets ahead; their high quality is indistinguishable from CD for almost anyone.

[CamperBob2]

Somebody needs to visit a qualified audiologist.

[lowmagnet]

AM radio is monural. His argument is invalid. Source: we evolved two ears for some sort of evolutionary advantage.

[Oletros]

How radio kicked ass streaming?

[exDM69]

Analog transmission artifacts make sound quality worse. Digital transmission errors make playback choppy and intermittent, which completely ruins the rhythm and flow of the music.

[lewisl9029]

Isn't that what buffering is for?

Surely the average data plan could handle ~300kbps streaming with enough of an overhead such that buffering would make interruptions extremely unlikely?

I'd take that over having noticeably degraded sound quality almost all the time with radio.

[CamperBob2]

Satellite radio does sound quite a bit worse than any recorded medium you can buy today. The difference isn't due to errors, but overcompression. That's not a problem with 128K or better AAC streams, or 192K MP3 streams for that matter, yet Young apparently isn't objecting to having his songs played on SiriusXM.

So: yeah, it's safe to say it's all about marketing his snake oil.

[Oletros]

This is what buffering is for