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Kind of hard to believe, but I personally would love if CDs and vinyl ruled the day again.
But the cat's already out of the bag, music is free is the eyes of this generation. I have read (and experienced) that many people today look at people having anything to do with music as basically hobbyists whom deserve a "ha ha what do you REALLY do?"
I have my own problems with mp3s (I don't like them, and it's hard for me when releasing new music to offer it on mp3).
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But it's teh futurzs!!1!
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We're almost further away from the first year of the iTunes Music Store than *it* was from the first CDs. 17 years before the iTMS, LPs ruled.
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I'm more than happy to download when available in lossless or 320kbps minimum. I have CDs, too many of them, storage is a major problem.
Despite the recent uplift in music revenues, revenues for 2017 are still only 68.4% of the market's peak in 1999.
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May 9, 2018 - 6:47 PM
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Ray Worley
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We're getting closer and closer to the dream of our corporate overlords...which is that you can never "own" music or movies, you can only "rent" them.
To me, besides quality, the number one most important feature of any format is that it can never be taken away from me or made unavailable to me once I have paid a fee. Vinyl and cassettes were imperfect because they were so fragile and prone to damage. CDs are the best so far, if not perfect, particularly if you can back them up on hard drives. (In my case, on multiple hard drives and an off-site location). Downloads were a second choice largely because the quality was poor (mp3s suck), but at least you could search out lossless versions. I was prepared to endure downloads if I could get lossless, but streaming only? No thanks.
If you think about it, corporations have all too often been the worst protectors of their own intellectual properties. By jealously guarding the only extant copies of movies and musical recordings, they have contributed to the permanent loss of many of these irreplaceable treasures when bankruptcy, disaster, or just plain indifference has caused them to be lost. Sometimes the acquisition of copies of these items by the general public is the only thing that has saved them. Many people who think they have "bought" music or movies and are storing them in a cloud somewhere are going to be in for a rude awakening when the owners of said cloud decide they can't or won't keep them available any more.
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May 10, 2018 - 4:20 AM
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johnbijl
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We're almost further away from the first year of the iTunes Music Store than *it* was from the first CDs.
Yeeesh! You're playing with my head!
Actually, in just a mere 10 days we'll pass that line! Than the time between now and the release of iTunes (on January 10, 2001) will surpass the gap between iTunes and the release of the first CD-player (October 1, 1982).
On topic: although I like to buy my music, preferably lossless or high-res, most of my new 'acquisitions' are through Apple music. Nowadays it's more likely for me to sample an album streaming and then deciding if it's worth the buy. (The only exceptions being Black Panther and Avengers, which I bought after seeing the film.) Quit happy about that. Otherwise I would have spend blind money on that horrendous – for the sake of Zeus – Elfman's Justice league.
Right now, I'm listening to Jackman's Kong, which I find enjoyable. But I would never spend more on it then I'm paying for my Apple Music subscription. I rather spend the rest of my precious earnings on something I more special, like Alien 3.
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In response to the question in the OP, I don't think we're seeing the end of downloads. There is room in the market for all platforms.
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.....and there you have it folks, in plain bold as brass english. The younger generation are happy to sacrifice quality over convenience. They don't even hide the fact any more and even seem proud of it.
Now if you'll excuse me while I pick a wonderful CD sountrack from my collection and pop it into the ageing but quality Technics CD player. Pure bliss.
Not buying cds is hardly unique to the younger generation. Ask the average generation Xer or baby boomer when they last bought a cd and odds are it will be sometime in the 1990s. People have always sacrificed quality/efficiency for an inferior product that is cheaper, simpler, or more available, which explains why VHS became the standard over beta, why people still use the "QWERTY" keyboard, and more.
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