Subj : Re: Cloud vs Physical
To   : N2QFD
From : SoDa7
Date : Sat Feb 10 2024 15:46:55

 N2> That Friday buyday is a great thing to know, 
 N2>   However over in the video chat there's currently a good discussion
 N2> physical media going on. 
 N2>   It's not just music but so much is moving toward the digital and I've
 N2> had my issues and concerns. iTunes took back music on my devices.
 N2> AutoDesk CAD has shut down stand alone copies of CAD that users bought
 N2> with keys. I agree entirely with Less is More, but there's some security
 N2> in owing the media that I'm missing myself. 

In this case, I think it's a different concern. When it's about having backup copies, using different services for backups, especially with cloud computing such as Amazon Web Services S3 Glacier (in case you're a company) might be a good option to consider.

When it's about music, I used to buy lots of CDs back in the day, however now I'm thinking about it a lot in terms of physical storage (considering that now I'm tending to have things tidied up as much as possible, and too much CDs can be a problem in keeping them in order), and tendencially today I buy a digital copy of the album over a physical one, albeit sometimes when I find occasions to buy CDs (for like a buck) why not getting a CD and ripping it into my cloud collection?

Another thing I have to say regarding Bandcamp: when you buy music there and create an account, you can re-download your purchases for free (and in any format: MP3, FLAC, OGG etc...) as they get added to your Bandcamp library.

This, however, doesn't work for free downloads (or when you offer 0 when it's allowed), in that case, I just store my free downloads using another cloudlocker service called iBroadcast.

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