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Re:BMW heated seats subscription costs $18 per month in Sout... by ghaff on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @10:18AM (#32070321)
>Losing everything when you unsubscribe is shitty though. I guess that's the choice made.

Yes. There's nothing keeping anyone from buying the music they like even if it's just digital. Music is probably the thing that there's there's the greatest choice between renting and very reasonably buying.

I have a big library which I got in order a couple years ago. But I made the decision that there was no need--at this point--to buy any gaps. I'd just stream and could always buy pretty much anything I wanted at some point if I wanted to. (My interests are mostly very mainstream.)

Re:BMW heated seats subscription costs $18 per month in Sout... by ben-schaaf on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @10:56AM (#32070909)
> There's nothing keeping anyone from buying the music they like even if it's just digital.

Unfortunately this isn't true anymore. If you want to buy a song there's beatport and bandcamp but they're missing a ton of music, Amazon Music is only available in a few countries and Google Music doesn't exist anymore. That leaves just iTunes which is a terrible experience and only available on macOS and Windows.

Re:BMW heated seats subscription costs $18 per month in Sout... by ghaff on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @11:07AM (#32071059)
There are also CDs although that probably doesn't apply to niche artists.