Downloading music more archaic than owning vinyl

[David Dennison 18849]

This makes sense considering the popularity of streaming. Still made me feel old.

Apple to stop selling downloads sometime next year.

[Yankee 39]

Makes sense to me.  With high speed cellular and offline mode and ability to cast I don't see a reason pay for downloads. If i am gonna pay money, might as well get the vinyl with the download code.  But I am older, so the notion of paying for a download when I could just get it for free never made sense to me in teh first place ( but paying for premium streaming so I can access offline mode somehow does, go figure).

[Buzzrock 14902]

https://iphone.appleinsider.com/articles/18/03/30/fake-news-apple-isnt-killing-itunes-music-downloads

[tbone_ 14110]

Maybe im old, which I am, but I still like to buy and download. I guess I'm stuck on the ownership model.

I don't have any streaming service. Should I? How would it work on a plane?

[CooterBrown 18003]

5 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

Maybe im old, which I am, but I still like to buy and download. I guess I'm stuck on the ownership model.

I don't have any streaming service. Should I? How would it work on a plane?

9.99/mo and you can have 3,000 tracks from Spotify downloaded at anytime. I do the family plan $20 for 4 users. Worth it if you fly a lot IMO. 

I also buy vinyl FWIW. 

Edited April 25, 2018 by CooterBrown