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I ditched Spotify and set up my own music stack

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275 points starkparker | 2 comments | 04 Sep 25 22:47 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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fastball ◴[05 Sep 25 01:57 UTC] No.45134302[source]▶
> and the fact that despite paying monthly, I never actually owned anything.

FYI, when you purchase digital music through iTunes/Amazon/etc, you still don't actually own anything. You are purchasing a license for personal use, which can be revoked for various reasons.

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1. privacyking ◴[06 Sep 25 00:59 UTC] No.45145572[source]▶
Woosh.

That's the whole point.

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2. fastball ◴[06 Sep 25 16:30 UTC] No.45150682[source]▶
That was definitely not the point. The author was contrasting a streaming service with purchasing digital music files, implying the latter is "ownership".