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Originally Posted by 333
I want to support them. I want them to make more music.
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This argument only really works when the artist/album is not available for purchase online in a digital format. More and more music is and now you can also support artists by paying for services like Spotify. Supporting artists no longer equals buying CDs. It's a dying medium which of course is something the record companies are aware of.
Lateralus, I get your argument about using CDs in the car. An alternative is of course to have a digital library, then just burn the albums you want to listen to while driving to CDs. All computers sold today have burners anyways.
I see the attraction in CDs because I feel it myself. It's when I compare the pros and cons that I think CDs are net worse. When I buy a CD, the first thing I do is rip it. Then I usually don't use it anymore - it's archived and the only joy I get from it is knowing I own it and looking at it now and then. It's good, but is it good enough reason to support the continuation of the whole CD printing and selling industry? I don't think so. To keep from cluttering my life with things I don't have a use for, I've adopted the philosophy that if I own something which I don't use somewhere between 6 months and a year, it's likely something I don't need that can usually be safely sold or thrown away. This goes for all my CDs.
So .. think about the amount of plastic bags you go through during a year. Think about the CO2 emissions from your car. Think of all the CDs you buy whose value by far can mostly be digitized.
