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0 pointsJuliate5y ago0 comments

From a purely financial point of view, if that's all that matter, yes, you may compare streaming/vinyl/CDs.

... those are _different_ markets:

- Streaming is about subscription to a right to listen to music passing by, attached to a specific set of account (with all the metrics that come with it).

- Vinyl is about physical analog copies that you can transmit to someone across space and time and that are barely trackable.

Edit: but indeed, huge markets crush small ones...

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eloisant5y ago

I haven't bought a CD for many years, and I don't think I'm the only one.

I see the appeal of having a physical token that I can transmit to people, but it's not enough to make me buy CDs any longer.

ghaff5y ago

For the most part I agree, although if I'm going to buy an entire album digitally, I do sometimes just buy the CD and rip it if the price is about the same.

That said, I finally got my music library cleaned up and decided to fill in some holes. But, at that point, I also decided I might as well just use subscription downloads from Apple Music. It's all very mainstream older stuff and if I do decide at some point, I want copies I own I can buy them if I want. But no need to spend the money right now just so I know I own everything.

JuliateOP5y ago

Same dilemna here.

But, like books, that's the only way my kids and their kids may keep the actual artefact of something that I did read or listen to (be it a book, or a vinyl).

So, if I appreaciate/care about what it is/says, I get a physical copy of it so I can give it to someone. Otherwise I know it's lost to them.

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