Post by Vandelay on Feb 3, 2022 10:49:46 GMT
Think I'm a bit younger than most here (not hugely, approaching 35) and I've been purely streaming for a long time. I was using Spotify at uni and that must have been pretty much within its first year of being around (2006). The fad of music games a little after that always frustrated me that none offered Spotify integration.
Then again, being the youngest of three brothers, I never really bought CDs anyway and always just borrowed theirs. I think we had all of those digitally too, so the transition to streaming was fairly natural. I've also never hugely been into music, probably being more interested in it now than I was when I was teenager (and that probably wouldn't have happened if it weren't for basically any music being at the touch of a finger due to streaming).
Now I'm a bit older, I do think their is value of owning something physically. I certainly follow that for films, still resisting the march to full streaming and buying Blu-rays and 4k discs, as well as using the disc rental service Cinema Paradiso. I haven't done the same with music, but I should probably consider following suit. Gaming it feels almost impossible to try to own anything, with even a physical disc still being tied to something online and would be worthless if the required services were to be switched off.
Then again, being the youngest of three brothers, I never really bought CDs anyway and always just borrowed theirs. I think we had all of those digitally too, so the transition to streaming was fairly natural. I've also never hugely been into music, probably being more interested in it now than I was when I was teenager (and that probably wouldn't have happened if it weren't for basically any music being at the touch of a finger due to streaming).
Now I'm a bit older, I do think their is value of owning something physically. I certainly follow that for films, still resisting the march to full streaming and buying Blu-rays and 4k discs, as well as using the disc rental service Cinema Paradiso. I haven't done the same with music, but I should probably consider following suit. Gaming it feels almost impossible to try to own anything, with even a physical disc still being tied to something online and would be worthless if the required services were to be switched off.
