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I can't justify buying media I won't play

Posted by Ken (@ken) on Jan. 23, 2024, 12:20 p.m.

at least not without making a lot more money anyway. I wish I could support every artist I listen to but its just not possible. If I’m only going to listen to something on streaming then that CD or LP is just going to sit there unplayed forever, and I’ll begin to feel like I just dropped 30 bucks on a bunch of paperweights.

Also my listening habits don’t really work with physical media anymore. I’m listening on headphones most of the time and I also like to go for walks and drives with my music, and I’ll often switch between them during a single listening session, streaming makes it easy to have everything linked together.