Ah so they bundle it in if you want it/use it that jives as they can bolster the “numbers” for a service no one is seeking out.

Now it’s $30 but it’s still like buying a cd a month.

it’s about twice as much as a mainstream cd at a brick-and-mortar or a random sampling of physical disc offerings at bandcamp.

But I don’t want random bandcamp samplings. I mean I like new music and go to a lot of Indy shows, but I want the ability to hear a song I like and then do a deep listen to the artist without committing to CDs or a trip to the library if it’s available.

If you did this, you’d have like 20 CD’s by the end of the year (way more id you can find used ones) that you completely own and no one can pull the license for later.

Ripping them is easy and allows you to play them anywhere, even without internet.

While true, I don’t have to do any work at all right now to listen to as much music as I want and new music is available immediately. I also don’t have to setup something to be able to stream music remotely so that I don’t have to store all of it on my space limited device.

I don’t disagree with you. But I have a lot of CDs already :) The rationale for me is that it’s all available. I watched a Billy Joel documentary recently (I know 🙄) but it made do a listen through his discography. I’m glad I didn’t buy those. It turns out I already knew the songs I liked and discovered 0 enjoyable deep cuts. But even at $15 a disc that would have been a $200 play through. And yes I’m aware of the high seas and the library.

I can stream more than 20cds worth from a catalog far more expansive than anything I could dream to store. It’s simply worth the money for my usage. Moreover, I don’t want to store anything locally, physically or otherwise. I’m ok with the risk of them pulling licensing, because after over a decade and a half of usage it’s been an issue thats come up fewer than 5 times, and each time there was an alternative track/release available (i.e. part of a newer album or rerecorded).

20 cds that don’t exist that I can’t buy and the artists don’t make. Would require me to lug around a cd binder again and jury rig a CD player in my car. Install a CD player in my pc. Etc.

CDs are a fucking dog shir medium anyways prone to getting fucked up and broke and scratched.

The correct fix it actual fucking digital files with no drm. If you have to go back to physical media as your argument then get a fucking idiot. The only reason to get physical media is because you personally enjoy it. But objectively it’s a fucking absolute fucking nightmare to deal with and a pain in the ass to use.