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Re:AWS raises GPU prices 15% on a Saturday, hopes you weren'... by bee_rider on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @11:02AM (#46514044)
> The alternative to a subscription is usually capital-intensive - if you want to cancel Netflix you need to have a DVD collection.

I did Apple Music and Amazon Music. The experience of losing “my” streaming library twice totally turned me off these kinds of services. Instead I do Pandora, and just buy music when I (rarely) find something I totally love and want to listen to on repeat. The inability to build a library in the streaming service that I incorrectly think of as “mine” is a big feature, keeps my mental model aligned with reality.

Re:AWS raises GPU prices 15% on a Saturday, hopes you weren'... by vel0city on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @11:29AM (#46514460)
I do wish these services would have an easier method to import/export playlists and collections. But that would make it easier to leave, so its not going to happen.
Re:AWS raises GPU prices 15% on a Saturday, hopes you weren'... by tanjtanjtanj on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @11:37AM (#46514577)
I don’t know about Amazon but having migrated to/from both Spotify and Apple Music they are both ludicrously easy to export playlists/libraries from.
Re:AWS raises GPU prices 15% on a Saturday, hopes you weren'... by galleywest200 on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @11:36AM (#46514551)
At least with Apple Music you can cmd-a cmd-c cmd-v playlists into a CSV file or something.
Re:AWS raises GPU prices 15% on a Saturday, hopes you weren'... by rvnx on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @11:59AM (#46514905)
Yet you can't search anything unless you have a 100% exact match