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Yeah I have never used a music streaming service either, and I never will.

(Used to use movie /TV streaming services but quit them all last year, one of the best things I've done in years)



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Paperboy_J said:

I never stopped buying CDs, have never used a streaming service for music in my life, don't even know how to set one up.

I tried Spotify on PS5 to listen to Charlotte de Witte during 24H GT7 races (the thing doesn't play CDs sigh). It was just a free account so kept getting commercials mid music, sucks. The interface sucks as well, you have to pick some random playlist amongst the hundreds people have uploaded. I much rather just listen to a CD album. Anyway nothing of the experience made me want to pay for the service.

I still use my PS3 to play CDs, it can copy them to HDD as well.



In the US, CD unit sales are up 45.7% over 2025 and revenue is up 58.6%, with total CD unit sales up by 5.5 million units to a total of 17.5 million in 2026, and vinyl also seeing a 17.7% increase:

https://lamag.com/music/cds-make-a-comeback-with-58-6-revenue-surge-in-2026/