> rest of your life at current prices, consider that that number is a minimum
I mean, sticking the money that 1500-odd songs would cost me to purchase into an ETF instead is also an option. Sure, Spotify's rate will increase as years go by, maybe more than inflation or maybe less, but there's also a cost to this up front purchase plus the running costs of a server with backups plus the time investment of: server maintenance, music discovery, music purchasing, and music uploading
I'm all for DRM-less solutions and applaud anyone who runs their own music server with Opuses they've fairly bought, but it's a bit too simple to say anyone should do this lopsided math and use that to compare prices
> I dropped Spotify 3 or 4 years ago now, and I am glad I did.
That's cool! I expect this is a win for the artists you love and I'm glad you're happy with the decision from a user's perspective as well. I play with the idea sometimes as well and also have a small collection from my teenage years still (that I occasionally listen to when without internet), but not sure this is for me overall
I mean, sticking the money that 1500-odd songs would cost me to purchase into an ETF instead is also an option. Sure, Spotify's rate will increase as years go by, maybe more than inflation or maybe less, but there's also a cost to this up front purchase plus the running costs of a server with backups plus the time investment of: server maintenance, music discovery, music purchasing, and music uploading
I'm all for DRM-less solutions and applaud anyone who runs their own music server with Opuses they've fairly bought, but it's a bit too simple to say anyone should do this lopsided math and use that to compare prices
> I dropped Spotify 3 or 4 years ago now, and I am glad I did.
That's cool! I expect this is a win for the artists you love and I'm glad you're happy with the decision from a user's perspective as well. I play with the idea sometimes as well and also have a small collection from my teenage years still (that I occasionally listen to when without internet), but not sure this is for me overall