Replying to an earlier post

I pay for YouTube Music and premium gets thrown in for free. Why? It’s mostly momentum.

I used Groove back when that was a thing, and when it folded I could migrate my playlists to YouTube so it was easy and than $10 a month. Now it’s $30 but it’s still like buying a cd a month. I am slowly de-googling and some month will stop using the service. It just hasn’t been a top priority.

Replying to an earlier post

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).

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