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Yawn.
I have nothing to say about the whole downloading/streaming debate what hasn't been said a thousand times before in the last 15 years.
But if you want to talk about Spotify in particular, I use it sometimes to check out new music/music I don't know. It saves me the effort/diskspace required for downloading.
I never really use it to listen to music I already know/own, because it has stupid commercials in between songs. It's surely not a real alternative for CD/LP/mp3s to me personally. A paid membership isn't worth it for me because most of the music I'm interested in usually isn't on there. It's way too mainstream.
PS: "bragging about an admirable mp3 collection" How is that even possible?
PPS: I prefer having physical objects, I buy lots of CDs/LPs/cassettes
PPPS: I do download a lot of stuff. I'm not interested in iTunes/mp3 stores and I don't think I'll ever buy mp3-releases, but I try to buy as much physical objects as I can from the stuff that I like.
PPPPS: I buy more stuff and go to more live shows than I would buy/go to if I didn't download stuff... I simply wouldn't know about them otherwise.
PPPPPS: There's nothing in my life that I've spend more money on than music.
PPPPPPS: From what I've read, Spotify isn't really interesting for artists financially. You need a gazillion plays to make a few bucks or so I'm told.
PPPPPPPS: More than I feel guilty for downloading, I feel guilty for buying CDs/LPs from big overseas corporate mailorder companies, because they're twice as cheap as the independent record store down the road.
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