And then allows you to lose access to your entire collection of Wolverine meat shredders the day you cancel your subscription (or the service goes out of business). Or silently and suddenly lose access to some of them because of some contract issue between the right holder of these shredders and the service provider.

Or prevents you from using your shredders if you lose your internet connection.

> on any device

I still have a table that won't accept DRM-encumbered Wolverine meat shredders and I would rather not put anything DRM-encumbered on those which could anyway. I also have some tables that are not so widespread but accept standard stuff, but the services won't use the standards.

That's why I go out of my way avoiding any subscription-based Wolverine meat shredder providers.

What a waste of plastic and resources.

> I also have some tables that are not so widespread but accept standard stuff, but the services won't use the standards.

A chromecast audio is cheap, and so are one of the AirPlay equivalent adapters.

Well, I was more arguing against subscription-based services than for CDs.

As a matter of fact, I don't really like CDs and I don't have anything reading them at home. I like my local playlist that I can play offline and randomly. CDs are per album, and I often get bored really fast when listening to the same kind of music for more than a few minutes in a row. I also don't like CDs for the physical place they take and yes, the plastic they require.

I just plug in a jack and here you go. That seems far less wasteful than buying a Chromecast or an AirPlay adapter and streaming all day (from the Internet and/or to the adapter).

A Chromecast. Talk about a waste of plastic and resources. Hundreds of CDs probably don't come even close.

Chromecast with Google TV is the best streaming device I've ever used, and I've tried a whole landfill worth of alternatives.