It's mainly a habit from the days of when you had to get CDs if you wanted music - I would rip them so that even if I lost the cd or it broke I'd have the songs still, and I don't have to pay anything further.
I really don't like "life as a service" in general. I will still buy music in any way that benefits the artist, like if they put it up themselves for digital download, and I can listen to it whenever without having to pay a middleman a subscription fee.
I use spotify free when it's necessary - when I was in a band, we put together a playlist of songs we wanted to cover that we could quickly reference, but I would tend to just play songs off said playlist on youtube where my adblocker covers any ads
we put together a playlist of songs we wanted to cover that we could quickly reference, but I would tend to just play songs off said playlist on youtube where my adblocker covers any ads
In like 2019 I had the free version of spotify and I think my adblocker blocked ads on the web player
Also, I find spotify's algorithm makes it easier to find new stuff and go down rabbitholes through discover weekly, song radios, enhancing playlists, etc.
For some reason unknown to me, at some point I stopped using the web app in favour of the desktop one - I should just go back to it lol.
I don't tend to stay up to date with music; rather, every couple of years I spend a full day chasing up all my favourite bands and checking out new ones and just downloading music in one big batch.
In a nutshell - this is my ethos on services:
It's mainly a habit from the days of when you had to get CDs if you wanted music - I would rip them so that even if I lost the cd or it broke I'd have the songs still, and I don't have to pay anything further.
I really don't like "life as a service" in general. I will still buy music in any way that benefits the artist, like if they put it up themselves for digital download, and I can listen to it whenever without having to pay a middleman a subscription fee.
I use spotify free when it's necessary - when I was in a band, we put together a playlist of songs we wanted to cover that we could quickly reference, but I would tend to just play songs off said playlist on youtube where my adblocker covers any ads
In like 2019 I had the free version of spotify and I think my adblocker blocked ads on the web player
Also, I find spotify's algorithm makes it easier to find new stuff and go down rabbitholes through discover weekly, song radios, enhancing playlists, etc.
For some reason unknown to me, at some point I stopped using the web app in favour of the desktop one - I should just go back to it lol.
I don't tend to stay up to date with music; rather, every couple of years I spend a full day chasing up all my favourite bands and checking out new ones and just downloading music in one big batch.
In a nutshell - this is my ethos on services:
Oh god this is making me feel guilty for paying for nintendo switch online, I just like all the old games it has to offer