[HN Gopher] The Death of Spotify: Why Streaming Is Minutes Away ...
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       The Death of Spotify: Why Streaming Is Minutes Away from Being
       Obsolete
        
       Author : baal80spam
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2026-02-27 21:25 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | Computer0 wrote:
       | I was able to transition to bandcamp surprisingly easily minus
       | one band I like.
        
       | reconvene1290 wrote:
       | Would be great if a non-Amazon / non-Apple service popped up that
       | allows for buying mp3; one that allowed for re-downloading, so
       | kept your "library" safe but not hostage.
        
         | yesfitz wrote:
         | https://www.qobuz.com/
         | 
         | It has about as many tracks as iTunes[1]
         | 
         | 1:
         | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_digital_music_st...
        
           | i5heu wrote:
           | One album is the price of an entire month of streaming.
        
       | caidan wrote:
       | The conclusion that we will abandon Spotify for individual artist
       | discords is nonsense. Clearly Spotify should be enabling all of
       | the community building and merchandising that artists want to do
       | because that would help their margins and moat. But regardless of
       | whether they do or do not, the vast bulk of the demand side, the
       | listeners, are going to want a la cart unrestricted music. It's
       | the same thing we want for video, we are just not given it.
       | Perhaps they should balkanize into fifteen different streaming
       | services each with its own catalog and exclusives but that way
       | lies the return of piracy.
        
       | quickthrowman wrote:
       | At this point, either I pay Spotify to stream virtually all the
       | music ever released, or I start pirating mp3s again.
       | 
       | I'm glad the record companies lost their hold on music
       | distribution. They could've banded together and made their own
       | streaming service, but they didn't because of greed.
        
       | wormius wrote:
       | I miss last.fm
        
         | wormius wrote:
         | I'm aware it's there, still. Just... not the same place it used
         | to be - a hollowed out ghost town compared to the old days.
        
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