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As Spotify moves to video, the environmental footprint of music streaming hits the high notes
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this post was submitted on 26 Jul 2025
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I never really had much interest in music streaming services, given the wealth of storage on modern devices, and the ease of ripping audio from almost any source in existence.
Do we need a constant internet connection to listen to music? Is it that hard to use VLC, and just buy/download what you want, and rip what you can't?
Using VLC is easy. Having good musical taste and finding the time to renew your library so it doesn't grow stale is hard.
I know, I used to download all my stuff and now I just get YouTube music started on a piece I like and let it autoplay forever while I work, do a tabletop campaign, play videogames... I find that this way, I find the music it plays to be in the right mood 98% of the time.
It disgusts me to say it but it just works and saves me a lot of time.
I guess a big factor would be constant access to the internet on your mobile devices. I usually travel through internet "dead zones" (no cell coverage, wifi, or just in a building that doubles as a Faraday cage), so I find having offline music a lifeline for staving off boredom. That could be why it appeals to me more - plus the whole "they can't take it away" side.