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@hypolite @bekopharm I’ve always thought the whole “streaming” model completely idiotic as soon as it is not used for “mindless background entertainment”, e.g. like running a TV or Radio, but for “Music/Movies/Series I actually consciously choose”. For the latter use-case you are infinitely better off getting physical media or drm-free digital files and making sure you have proper backups. No issues with flaky internet, no “thinning” (I like to say “de-publishing”), no dependence on a given service provider still graciously allowing you to (/me looks at Amazon removing ebooks from people’s kindles), very limited data-mining/profiling of your media consumption preferences (only when you buy, and then only if you don’t use cash, not every time you listen/watch)… Just a way to play the media, whenever you want.

@hypolite @bekopharm Yet it was always obvious you were at their mercy if you wanted to hear a given piece again. *shrug* My Music collection easily fits on my phone in its entirety (while I also consumes a lot of physical space in my basement), no need to ever stream that anywhere. As for Movies it is true that I rarely carry a few Tebibyte of disks around, but how often do I really have the sudden urge to watch, say, the entirety of Star Trek while on the road? At home it all sits on a simple NAS that none of my devices have problems connecting to, including a fancy Kodi on a raspberry pi…

@hypolite @aexiruch ah… yeah, this.

I'm not "collecting" on Spotify. I use it to set a mood. Especially for working. What it's playing exactly doesn't matter most of the time and if I'm really after a specific song… they are all over YT too.