How Big Is Your... You Know... ?

[old_gregg]

Ok...trying to think of a time when this might happen. A moment when my phone doesn't have the internet. On an airplane...wait they have that now. In the wilderness...There is a reason I'm there.

Any moments I've missed?

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how about driving anywhere? anywhere not on 4g? in a building?

[doctorcoug]

how about driving anywhere? anywhere not on 4g? in a building?

I don't have 4G. I don't drive anywhere that doesn't have 3G. None of the buildings that I enter would warrant streaming music.

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[Harry Tic]

I don't have 4G. I don't drive anywhere that doesn't have 3G. None of the buildings that I enter would warrant streaming music.

Well, have you thought about the zombie apocalypse? With all due respect, i hardly expect the undead to continue to maintain wireless networks or cellular satellites. Having your music safely downloaded on your own secure HD is implicit, I believe, in the brethren's repeated admonitions to have a year's supply (3 months for the pansies) of life's necessities.

DoctorCoug, you're going to be knocking on my door, begging for a hit of Weird Al Yankovic. And, unless you mend your ways, I'm not entirely comfortable telling you right now that I would share.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I have the $4.99/month version of Spotify. It is ad-free and a higher bit rate. I am perfectly happy with it. For the $9.99 option, it will let you dowload the music from your playlists to your mobile device. In other words, your library is literally millions of songs.

Looking back at Harry's 14,000 almost-pirate-free collection, let's conservatively estimate that his collection costs $10,000 to acquire. By contrast, Harry could put $2793 in a bank account paying 3% interest and draw $10 per month to pay his Spotify bill. The account would last 40 years, which I am guessing would be more than enough to keep Harry rocking his entire life. Furthermore, Harry would have access to all of the wonderful music that will be released over the next 40 years, whereas he would need to keep on purchasing to maintain his personal collection.

Buying music is going the way of the dodo bird and the 8-track tape player.

[doctorcoug]

I have the $4.99/month version of Spotify. It is ad-free and a higher bit rate. I am perfectly happy with it. For the $9.99 option, it will let you dowload the music from your playlists to your mobile device. In other words, your library is literally millions of songs.

Looking back at Harry's 14,000 almost-pirate-free collection, let's conservatively estimate that his collection costs $10,000 to acquire. By contrast, Harry could put $2793 in a bank account paying 3% interest and draw $10 per month to pay his Spotify bill. The account would last 40 years, which I am guessing would be more than enough to keep Harry rocking his entire life. Furthermore, Harry would have access to all of the wonderful music that will be released over the next 40 years, whereas he would need to keep on purchasing to maintain his personal collection.

Buying music is going the way of the dodo bird and the 8-track tape player.

Apple will offer a service in the next ten years and this will usher in the death of buying music.

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[Jeff Lebowski]

Apple will offer a service in the next ten years and this will usher in the death of buying music.

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Five years tops. It is the only effective way to combat piracy.

[doctorcoug]

Five years tops. It is the only effective way to combat piracy.

I'm quite surprised that the music industry hasn't fallen head over heels for this. I subscribed to rhapsody initially because I didn't want to steal music.

Now, apple is seeing this model get torn up by spotify. Maybe they think, "let the little guy test the market, prove the market, build the market, then we'll come in and swoop the profits without the R&D".

They followed this model with Microsoft and tablet PCs, mp3 players, and now, it seems, music sub service.

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[MarkGrace]

I have the $4.99/month version of Spotify. It is ad-free and a higher bit rate. I am perfectly happy with it. For the $9.99 option, it will let you dowload the music from your playlists to your mobile device. In other words, your library is literally millions of songs.

Looking back at Harry's 14,000 almost-pirate-free collection, let's conservatively estimate that his collection costs $10,000 to acquire. By contrast, Harry could put $2793 in a bank account paying 3% interest and draw $10 per month to pay his Spotify bill. The account would last 40 years, which I am guessing would be more than enough to keep Harry rocking his entire life. Furthermore, Harry would have access to all of the wonderful music that will be released over the next 40 years, whereas he would need to keep on purchasing to maintain his personal collection.

Buying music is going the way of the dodo bird and the 8-track tape player.

I'm glad you didn't say CD and record!

[Moliere]

5,484 songs, I'd say 95% were purchased before any type of streaming was massively available. I still buy songs/albums off iTunes and will continue to do so even if it makes dc furious. I also buy movies off of iTunes.

[doctorcoug]

5,484 songs, I'd say 95% were purchased before any type of streaming was massively available. I still buy songs/albums off iTunes and will continue to do so even if it makes dc furious. I also buy movies off of iTunes.

It is your money to waste.

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