superchunk said:
AlfredoTurkey said:
Actually, yes... I do use CDs. And do you know why I do? Because 1411>320 and 256... that's why.
See, for me, it's a simple case of prioritizing quality of convenience. I could pay Apple $9.99 a month and get all the music I could want at the push of a virtual button on my phone. I could then plug or bluetooth said phone up to a receiver in my home or car and listen to is through either audio system without so much as having to sniff at fumbling with an actual album. But, that's not my concern with music. My concern is resolution. I'm not going to pay money to listen to MP3's on Spotify and I'm not going to pay money to listen to AAC's on Apple Music. I'd rather buy the damn album, even if in the end it costs more money, and even if in the end it ends up meaning I have to *gasp*... put a physical disc into a player to listen to it... if it means my ears are spared from the rape of lossy music. And don't try to sell me on high resolution downloads either because there isn't a smartphone on earth with a DAC as good as the one inside my high end CD player. Not to mention, again, having the full resolution disc means I can listen to it as is, rip it to WAV... do anything I want to etc.
See? This is why it's subjective. You only focus on convenience. I focus on consumer freedom and quality. What is right for you is wrong for me and visa versa.
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I'll give you the quality difference in the CD example. Granted, I'm no audiophile and love my Amazon Music Unlimited, but hey, to each their own. Though the continuous drop in physical sales and decrease in albums going platinum, etc, demonstrates where the market is going because for the greater majority of people... it all sounds the same and its just easier to go all digital.
However, in terms of games, quality is no different. My term was that it was "easier". You say I'm only focusing on convenience, which is true and exactly what easier means. That is not subjective which is my point. It is physically easier and/or more convenient to go all digital.
Your opinion is based not on what is easier, but that the cost to convenience is worth its price for your perceived ownership and consumer freedom. I can agree with that opinion being subjective.
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