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Re:Why play a music CD? No ads, no privacy terrors, no algor... by kstenerud on Friday May 17, 2019 @09:21AM (#19939307)
Same way I have for the past 30 years. I listen from time to time to stations that play the kind of music I like. Sometimes I check out various places that have top 100 charts. If I find something I like, I go get it and add it to my collection. Rerun the script and resync my devices.
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Re:Why play a music CD? No ads, no privacy terrors, no algor... by JohnFen on Friday May 17, 2019 @01:48PM (#19941892)
> I listen from time to time to stations that play the kind of music I like.

You're lucky! In my area, there are no such stations. All of the stations are essentially top 40 (in each of the major genres -- top 40 country, top 40 pop, etc.), talk, and sports.

There's nothing in any of those for me.

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Re:Why play a music CD? No ads, no privacy terrors, no algor... by GenghisSean on Friday May 17, 2019 @07:13PM (#19944476)
Internet radio may be able to solve your problem. Music podcasts, and internet radio sites/apps mean geographic location is no longer the limiting factor for what you can listen to.

There are big names like iHeartRadio and SlackerRadio but lots of smaller radio stations have internet streams and/or apps. Podcasts are nice because they can focus on niche genres or provide more information about artists/releases. Mixcloud is one of my favorite sites for listening to radio shows.

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Re:Why play a music CD? No ads, no privacy terrors, no algor... by JohnFen on Friday May 17, 2019 @07:21PM (#19944513)
> Internet radio may be able to solve your problem

It's a problem that I've solved long ago, really. Internet streaming services bring their own set of problems, so I don't use them.

I do listen to podcasts (downloaded, not streamed), but not for music.

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Re:Why play a music CD? No ads, no privacy terrors, no algor... by daboudii on Friday May 17, 2019 @03:29PM (#19942716)
> There's nothing in any of those for me.

I can advice you to listen to fip, it's a french radio with every genre of music.

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