Streaming services are not reliable, neither is the cloud. Hard currency is the value, its not like storage is expensive any more, there is no reason to not own your own collection and be the boss of your domain.
There are reasons. The-all-you-can-eat model certainly makes much more music available, which is better for discovering new music. Also, if you regularly listen to a lot of new/different music, Spotify/Rdio/etc would be cheaper than iTunes/Amazon mp3.
Personally, I'm in a kind of "stuck" position where I'm trying to decide whether I should continue to buy music from Amazon, or should switch to an all-you-can-eat streaming service.
Storage isn't expensive, but managing files is a pain. Especially if you have to manage it across multiple devices. I just want to listen to some Nujabes, do I really have to care where it's saved, or whether I'm on my work PC, my laptop, or the media center downstairs? And that's before you get into the pain of syncing stuff onto your phone...
I pay for the convenience of not having to pirate.
(I picked this example because it is both what I am listening to now, and for the irony of it being unavailable on Spotify.)
This sounds like a technological problem, and one that could be easily solved if someone put a little elbow grease into it.
> I pay for the convenience of not having to pirate.
Well, Spotify customers are clearly paying for the inconvenience of having Facebook have access to all their data as well. I'll take piracy over Facebook having access to my information any day.
And I don't know why people make piracy sound like such a difficult thing to do. It seems absolutely trivial to me.
Still I think my freedom and the artists economy and thus a free uncontrolled culture is far more important than my convenience.
I am however developing something that will make it far more easier for me to listen to all of my collections on all my devices any time, it will be even more convenient than streaming services since Ill be in control all the time.
Nujabes. What can I say, good choice lad, good choice. You know about DJ Okawari?
