I understand the convenience of Spotify. It's easy to use, it's accessible, and it allows you to listen to music for free and legally. All good, but... has everyone forgotten how good it feels to have your music available 24/7 without DRMs or restrictions? (Even legally by buying it).
Yes, Spotify allows you to buy music, that you can only play in their own player. And that's it. If you lose your account or they decide to revoke your license to listen to that song, you can't listen to it anymore. You can't have a copy of it, you can't share it, you can't play it anywhere else other than their player.

Also if you're listening to music for free they include annoying ads. Plus, if you lose your connection, it's over.

Why is this crap so popular?
@enigmatico because most people are online all the time. That, and Spotify allows you to discover new music pretty easily based on your past listening history.
@enigmatico you probably can, but what's the difference? They both are the same, both require using their client apps, both won't allow you to download your music.

My only streaming app is SoundCloud and only because many indie artists are there. But I often end up buying and downloading their music anyway.
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reminds me of a talk I had with a rep from youtube:

If you pay only X for youtube music, you will be able to play all of your favorite music there.

me thinking: so..... what's the difference from normal free youtube?

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