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I was in the purchaser mode for long time with this strategy. Sample through free service and buy the ones that are really worth. But off late I have stopped buying and sticking to just streaming. It is too fleeting to consider buying any music these days. Music from my times are mostly purchased ones (90s and 2K) - Cassettes and CDs. So I bought those and they are with me. New music is not pushing me to purchase anymore. May be I am getting losing the grip and modernity is taking over.
See the point. My collection too is skewed towards old music (50s to 80s). But I still keep discovering new music that I like to purchase. There’s no dearth of good new music in a vast sea of mediocrity. But beyond that, I still keep discovering old music that’s new to me. Either the genre or deep within a known genre. I think a music aficionado will run out of physical space to store CDs before he runs out of good music that deserves to be bought. Though I extensively stream to discover music, I couid never get myself to listen to an entire album online (could be down to my digital distractedness). While with CDs, I almost always end up listening to an album in its entirety. And with good music, I value that communion.
For streaming we are paying every time for the subscription and internet to listen to the same track over time.
You don’t. You only pay a fixed monthly fee irrespective of how many tracks you listen to how many times. Yes, the streaming service‘s pay out to those artists may go up, but not your outlay.