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Re:Spotify was down by wilkystyle on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @01:35PM (#30603892)
While this particular scenario is quite rare (this is the first time I've been personally affected since starting my membership in 2013), I understand the parent commenter's sentiment. It was a little jarring to realize that all of my library's (and basically any on-demand) music was completely unavailable and at the mercy of this issue being resolved.

Again, a temporary issue and one that happens quite infrequently, but if you already may have conflicting opinions on whether it's better to own or rent your music, this is certainly a valid point.

edit: mobile typos

Re:Spotify was down by engineeringwoke on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @01:46PM (#30604079)
I feel like it's really just a sort of existential dread about being reliant on anyone for anything, other than oneself. It's like being afraid that if there's a zombie apocalypse then you won't be able to listen to the same old songs on repeat like a scene out of I am Legend
Re:Spotify was down by jwommack on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @02:27PM (#30605141)
What's the phrase? You'll own nothing and be happy.