I use a disk drive to sync the discs to my music library and bring them with me :)

I can format it to MP3, or ALAC, of FLAC, or whatever I like, and I can play them on devices that are made today, or 40 years ago.

But secretly I just use Spotify for it’s discover features, and then buy CDs of the albums I like.

Then you have to have a place to keep thousands of CDs. Personally, I find that my time is worth $10/month to not do that.

Until your streaming service gets sold, goes out of business, "pivots," decides you or your worldviews aren't trendy, thinks you're a hacker, screws up your billing, drops support for your device, or any of the hundreds of other reasons the music suddenly stops.

Sorry, I am just not that paranoid. I had cassettes until the late 90s, CDs until the mid-2000s, and Spotify since then.

Spotify isn't going anywhere.

If we’re in a situation where streaming music goes away, then we’re also likely in a situation where having CDs doesn’t matter.

Also, all the people holding onto their 8-tracks are definitely thinking they showed all of us. /s

Spotify may not, but parts of their available catalogue do disappear, depending on licensing deals.

Yes, this happens once in a blue moon. I've bought one album because of this, and the content returned to Spotify within a few weeks of its departure.

It is still, for me, a cheaper and more flexible option despite licensing squabbles. It also gives me the opportunity to find new artists and give albums a few listens before deciding on whether or not they do it for me.

My views are USA-centric, perhaps licensing issues are more prevalent in other countries.

Why not both? Spotify is cheap. I spend a fair amount on vinyl and CD/SACD (SACD/CD for classical and the occasional jazz record, vinyl for everything else) and still keep a sub for spotify for work listening and being able to just check something out - although I guess YouTube can do that for free in most cases, and with electronic music, often the only streamable recording of a lot of records.

Except for convenience, since they're DRM free I don't believe there is any, even legal, reason not to rip it to an SD-card.

More and more phones are removing uSD card support. It's a losing battle.

I don't want the plastic, the physical storage requirements, etc, of a CD. With digital I don't "own" the music, sure, but I've definitely lost more music in my life from scratched discs, people not returning CDs than I ever will through Spotify.

I’ve “lost” some of my favorite movies and music by then not being available on any streaming service.

I guess there are many reasons for this, but mainly I guess they are simply victims of copyright.