I Quit Music Streaming For A Month

I've had Spotify premium for 4-5 years now and I can count on one hand how many times I've tried recommended mixes, suggested music, the ai dj, etc. I stick exclusively to playlists I've created for myself based on finding songs in other places and saving them, or a small group of albums that I found on my own
So I ended up feeling pretty trapped by my own habits and made the following new years resolution: Listen to a new album on CD every week this year
I still like having ways to listen especially on my laptop, so I've ripped down all the discs I've bought for this to .flac, and then I started ripping all my parents old music, and want to start ripping any music of other friends too.
At this point, I've ripped just shy of 300 discs (100gb) and have it on a portable DAP for more convenient listening since I don't have a CD player in most places but I do have an aux cable

There are portable CD Players with Bluetooth.

Cannot believe that you picked up a copy of Superhero by Soda for $7. Eternally envious!

0:03 every gen-Xer and older millennial recoiled in horror at the sight of that CD player. Please for the love of god, either you get a walkman and tapes or a decent stereo for CDs. That jumpy freesbee brings back nightmares.

21:06 the "10 to 15 monthly subscription" is VERY expensive too, 10 a month will be 120 a year. The difference is that I can buy a used cd for 5, rip the tracks, return/sell the used cd for 5 and I essentially got FLAC quality music (which is better than any streaming service) for basically free. You can also get VLC on your phone and essentially use it as a de-facto streaming service. Physical media are not expensive anymore (especially on cd) unless you actively look for rare versions of certain albums.

Oh boy, the demonic videos and all that crap rotting young people's brains

you do not need to quit streaming if you listen to full albums of your favourite artists. never trust algorythms. only choose whay you want and you will be ok.

I didn't stream music until I was 20. It destroyed my relationship with music! I have CDs and burned playlists that detail what I listened to for years, but there are no real records of my tastes from 2021-now. I've gotten back into it very slowly, but it's just so defeating to see that gap in my audio timeline.

It’s been over 10 years as an apple music subscriber. Thats $1200. Don’t think i care to pay for another decade or two. Was the cheaper alternative at the time when in college i would pay for each song individually. Since then I’ve added roughly 1500 songs to my library. My next move is to just buy these songs. And ditch music subscription. Will be 5-7 times cheaper in the long run.

You can digitize your CDs and listen to music on your phone, or get an mp3 player. I'd get annoyed if I had to wear my headphone or earbuds and listen to music all day long. I enjoy a bit of silence once in a while.

i’d love to do this, but unfortunately i only have a few vinyls. i did ask for some more vinyls for xmas, and i do wanna get some CDs.

I am not an avid music enjoyer, like, in general. However, losing a playlist someone had compiled on 8tracks (yeah) and being lucky enough to have saved it on my computer, song by song, was a rollercoaster of emotions. We think physical media is too expensive, but we are basically renting everything, and own nothing. Clutch onto your physical media like your life depends on it. Or MP3s, those do the job too

I save music that I buy to cloud storage that is directly linked to the music player app on my phone and laptop. Easy to do. There are reddit threads on this if it interests anyone. Couldn’t be happier ditching streaming services.

quitting apple music because it has the worst shuffle system ever

The comfortable middle ground I've landed on is having a big ol' CD library, and at home I'll put a CD into my CD player and listen to it, but when I'm out and about, I do listen to music with my phone and my airpods. But I'm not using a streaming service, I'm listening to files I ripped from my CDs or the odd thing I buy on Bandcamp that doesn't have a physical release.

"10-15 dollars, I can handle that for a CD, but part of me feels like that's too much?" That's because it is. I've never bought a CD for more than $2 used. In fact, it's my hard limit on buying CDs. And sure, I've discovered 4 which don't work, and 2 collections missing CDs, but that's a small price compared to 37 so far which do.

I also only listened to CDs for October. At least one a day. I own at least 150 CDs and listened to at least 36 of them through my DVD/CD player.

I now have opinions on bands I never thought about before. That, and the giant sense of accomplishment from something that doesn't take much time or effort, means I'll definitely do it again sometime.

i never streamed albums and never will Physical>>>>streaming

21:04 well some people will sail to the seven seas, even some people that can afford to buy physical media will become sailor.

Chaotic statement, I dislike most wireless listening pieces. I tolerate headphones, but they’re clunky to store. I loathe ear buds because they’re so small I’m afraid that I would lose them, even as someone who is neat and organized. I’m a corded person in 2025, so your biggest con is actually a normal for me, lol.

I have to buy cds online now because the only store in my local mall that used to sell cds, cd Walkman, cd cases, no longer have them. I keep mine stored in zippered cases where I don't need to keep the case. Saves on space and keeps things filed nicely. Categories, bands. I keep them well organized.

My I'm able to access radio on my cd Walkman if I want. I will continue to buy and listen to my cds for music I love. I hope the option of cds will still be available as well as the player.

This is totally my thinking too.
I have a sizeable CD collection, and my listening is now less superficial and much more deliberate.
Owning physical media has taken away the feeling of bewilderment (over choice) and the excessive time spent browsing, rather than actually listening.
Accordingly, we are presently unsubscribed from our streaming platform.

I've been listening to music mainly on an iPod classic since 2022 and I rarely miss streaming. The iPods modded with a battery that outlives my phone, 400GB of storage and shiny new face and backplates. I already had a huge collection of music which made things easier but I get most my music from CDs (either collected or rented from the library), free releases from artists or buying it from iTunes/Bandcamp/Beatport and downloading DJ sets from YouTube. I rarely pirate music anymore.

Crazy the first album u pulled was from D'Angelo and he just died yesterday

The right answer could be MP3 Player / DAP for everyday use and a CD Player / Vinyl Player at home for actual listening.

The Simon & Garfunkel reference was hilarious

Mic the snare: get off twitter.
Me: I hear you

I think I'm too old (59) as I never got interested in Streaming Music. I already have a massive collection of MP3s that I manage on two phones. One just for music and the other phone-and-music.
I mostly stopped buying CDs in the 2010s. I have way too much music to listen to. I would need another lifetime to appreciate all that I have.
That being said I feel like I don't appreciate my music enough so I think that streaming music would only make that worse.
I loved your video and also the humour as well, so thank you. G

hello kitty <3