What a weird question. I download music I like. Sometimes I buy stuff on Bandcamp or download from YT. I don’t use Spotify and I’m an album/artist listener. Am I missing something here? Do people not have personal music libraries any more? Do people now just listen to whatever bullshit Spotify randomly plays? If so, that’s sad.
Google Play Music hooked me by letting me upload my entire library. I used Songza to discover new music (playlists curated by real humans).
Google bought Songza and shut it down. Raised the price of Google Music multiple times, forced me over to YouTube Premium, raised the price again multiple times and got rid of everything that made the service appealing.
I’ve been in music limbo since I dropped it entirely and yeah it’s kind of sad.
For a while, it was noted that the “Hip Hop Caviar” playlist had a direct and noticeable affect on single/album sales and streams on other platforms. So yeah kinda, although people are still interested in owning the music they like, but a not-insignificant portion of humans don’t care either way.
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What a weird question. I download music I like. Sometimes I buy stuff on Bandcamp or download from YT. I don’t use Spotify and I’m an album/artist listener. Am I missing something here? Do people not have personal music libraries any more? Do people now just listen to whatever bullshit Spotify randomly plays? If so, that’s sad.
Google Play Music hooked me by letting me upload my entire library. I used Songza to discover new music (playlists curated by real humans).
Google bought Songza and shut it down. Raised the price of Google Music multiple times, forced me over to YouTube Premium, raised the price again multiple times and got rid of everything that made the service appealing.
I’ve been in music limbo since I dropped it entirely and yeah it’s kind of sad.
Man, songza was so great. It was my default music app 11 years ago lol
For a while, it was noted that the “Hip Hop Caviar” playlist had a direct and noticeable affect on single/album sales and streams on other platforms. So yeah kinda, although people are still interested in owning the music they like, but a not-insignificant portion of humans don’t care either way.