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Originally Posted by Cheese
Well...another technology bites the dust only to live on in second hand record stores.
So far I've watched 8 tracks, albums, 45s, cassettes and now Cds bite the dust. I wonder what technology will make the download file disappear? Stream straight to the brain?
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With services like Spotify, Grooveshark & Rdio gaining ground (unlimited subscription streaming) the idea of "owning" music is really on it's way out. Much like Netflix is doing for movies & TV shows.
As some one who spent my teenage years meticulously curating my CD collection it's been a bit of a hard switch to make. Sure the access to music has never been better, and I'm loving that I can check out a new album without committing to it in any real way. But I've still got a box of CD's in storage that I just can't part with. 95% of them, save for a few really obscure punk bands are available on things like Rdio, but I just can't find the motivation to toss em out.
Eh hopefully hipster kids will start wearing them as hats in 20 years or something and I can ebay em, but for now they just collect dust.
tl;dr: Get off my lawn, how come things cost more than they used to, etc. /old man rant