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  • Moneo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    The point is Spotify may remove your favourite album and then you can access it. It’s a stupid point though because if their hard drive breaks or they otherwise lose access to the file they have to return to whoever they bought the music from and hope they can still download it.

    It’s like how people point out that when you buy games from steam you don’t actually own the game. Well, yeah no shit, if steam shuts down I can’t download the game anymore, steam is about convenience not ownership.

    There is nothing wrong with talking about the benefits of possessing digital files that cannot be taken away from you, it’s just completely irrelevant to a conversation about streaming services. They are two separate products with their own advantages and disadvantages.

    • EngineerGaming@feddit.nlEnglish
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      8 months ago

      It’s a stupid point though because if their hard drive breaks or they otherwise lose access to the file they have to return to whoever they bought the music from and hope they can still download it.

      Proper backups are your responsibility anyway.

      Also I do use streaming - for discovery of new tracks. I was talking about a) paying for this service only to be restricted more than if you didn’t; and b) people who have their WHOLE collection depend on a streaming service.