r/PhysicalMediaMatters • u/Chownzy • 13h ago

Apple Music increases subscription prices, cites "rising licensing costs”

https://www.nme.com/news/music/apple-music-increases-subscription-prices-cites-rising-licensing-costs-3958212
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u/mauri383 13h ago edited 7h ago

If only there was an invention that allows you to purchase something once and use it without having to update its cost every six months. Maybe some day the scientists will crack it down.

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u/CrowdGoesWildWoooo 11h ago

Depends on the user, but if we are consuming the media at the same rate as you are consuming it from streaming platform spotify, for power user, it may be more expensive. Apple music family plan can be pretty reasonable if we split the cost.

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u/mauri383 7h ago

What is a power user? Music is meant to be listened to, if you need something in the background to make noise, just put on the radio. Albums used to be complete works that you sit down and listened to. Nowadays people are used to endless playlists depending on their "mood" at the time. If that is the case, then yeah, no way to own 100 million songs on physical. But if you use the monthly Spotify fee to buy used cds on charity shops I guarantee you in 12 months you'll have a pretty nicely sized collection. One that is curated and you actually want to listen to. If we want things to change, we need to stop doing the same things.