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Re:Spotify CEO: musicians can no longer release music only “... by hurxnid on Friday July 31, 2020 @06:28PM (#24014955)
Just because there is more money is chicken McNuggets doesn’t mean they are better than fine dining.

This is just the death of another art form.

Re:Spotify CEO: musicians can no longer release music only “... by Kalium on Friday July 31, 2020 @06:41PM (#24015086)
Death?

One of the things that happens when consumers have options they didn't before is previously invisible preferences become expressible. What if the bulk of consumers never cared much about albums as coherent pieces of art? What if they only did so financially because it was the only way to get the separable pieces they did care about?

The advent of fast food has not exterminated fine dining. What's changed is that consumers have more choices. This did not signal the death of fine dining.

Re:Spotify CEO: musicians can no longer release music only “... by ZephyrBlu on Friday July 31, 2020 @06:48PM (#24015144)
It's not death, it's evolution. Few things stay exactly the same over long periods of time.