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Originally Posted by 1970XW351
Walked past the local Sanity yesterday and saw the store was almost bereft of anything and had 75% off as today is their last day of trade. Got a few things and checked the interweb when I got home to find all stores nationwide will be closed by April.
I may have been living under a rock to have not heard the news but it sucks. I am an old fashioned sort of chap and prefer physical copies over downloaded content that can be rescinded at any time. I also have no streaming services as I am cheap I guess. 😂
I quite enjoy wandering through the store to find interesting stuff as well as what I am specifically after, looks like that guilty pleasure is one step closer to being a thing of the past too.. The local J.B has been severely cutting their music section back over the last umpteen months, if it's not top 40 crap, then you have to order it in.
The more we "progress", the more it feels like we are spiralling into the Third World..
Maybe I need to stop being such a dinosaur and adopt the future... Not friggin' likely.
Cheers, Tony
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I totally relate to this, even though it has been happening for years now.
But, on the flip side, streaming services can actually offer the consumer more. I know there are songs from some of my favorite artists that did not ever end up on a physical recording but exist in the streaming universe. This includes a lot of live performances.
I would say perhaps sign up to something like Spotify, deal with the occasional add, and see how you like it. If you do, you can then subscribe and enjoy no adds the full width of availability.