YOUTH’S ANSWER: Spotify offline download
I love it :)
Always got a stash of backups if network goes down on the road. Love mp3s still tho.
Also we stream so much because we’re used to it. I download replays now tho to save energy consumption in general.
BUT more streams means more money for the artist!
Well I did say I still love MP3s…
Obviously good points.
But we know now subscriptions =/= to ownership.
Also nothing stops us from potentially ripping the downloaded songs into MP3s and this gives you all the access to it. Or just go rip them off youtube.
I was just providing an easy solution that still gives the artists money. Philosophically, just using mp3’s doesn’t inherently give the artist any funds when I can just torrent/rip them.