How is having any song you want being one search away less convenient than having to curate and organize a music collection, and then go digging though folders to find the song you want?

Look, I've been collecting music since 1998 and even I admit that streaming is a lot more convenient. Only reason why I still collect music is because I am a DJ and don't always have a reliable wifi or data connection at every gig. But even then I've culled the vast majority of 50k+ tunes down to about a 1000 of the best and most popular on the dance floor. Then swap songs in and out as needed. The modern era makes it easy to re-obtain a deleted track, and often in higher quality than I originally ripped it at (I use a spectrum analyzer on my collection to verify).

Meanwhile the new Seagate 26tb HDD is going for $270

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/seagate-expansion-26tb-external-usb-3-0-desktop-hard-drive-with-rescue-data-recovery-services-black/6614708.p?skuId=6614708&ref=198&affgroup="Content"%2C"May+Contract+Change"%2C"Partners+to+Keep"%2C"Roku+AO+-+ROP"%2C"Temp+0%25"

I've been downloading my media for over 10 years now and I only have like 2 1/2 Terabytes filled, a 26tb drive could hold most people's lifetime media collections.

Owning your own storage and files is the only way to ensure you keep access to the media you want.

They have the human made ones, they have the "artist radio" function that plays songs similar to a band you like, they have a weekly top 30 based on stuff you've been listening to. The headline 'albums of the week' are based on what they like, which I don't think is unfair - I've really enjoyed some of them.

I listen to a lot of metal and electronic, and I've always found the descriptions excellent - usually several paragraphs even for the most obscure of bands. Was well impressed that they had Lambrini Girls as one of their 'albums of the week', and their album at studio quality. Not that that's essential for punk. Admittedly I don't listen to a lot of indy, but they've always had what I've wanted to listen to.

My main complaint about the UX is that it's nearly identical to Spotify, but I suppose there's not much else you can do. Something particular about it that you dislike?

At my PC now, where the radio option doesn't seem to exist at all!?!

"Go to Radio" on the app. Hmm...

At my PC now, where the radio option doesn't seem to exist at all!?!

Strange, it has the 'autoplay more like this' option on the web player (which does basically the same) but not the explicit 'artist radio' option. Huh.

I have got to admit I canned Spotify subs years ago - but how are they managing to grow their subscriber base whn it is now going to be £11.99 in the UK? That is way, way too high for what it offers...

Spotify confirms price rise for millions worldwide, here's how much extra you'll need to pay

Your monthly Spotify Premium subscription will increase by £1 next month

GB News (www.gbnews.com)

I use Qobuz! It works well most the time. And it has a huge library. Some things are not as polished as some of the bigger companies. And there's a lot of Initial setup to get it working..

That said, I would say it's a great option. I do wish it had better continuous play options, as sometimes I listen to a playlist, and then it just stops. But that may be part of the learning curve. I'm not really a big "playlists" guy.. I'd like to start a radio and have it find similar artists (similar to Pandora 12 years ago) But that doesn't really seem to be the way companies are going anymore.

I have several Google mini devices (I know, I know. I'm working on it, but that's a whole other process) and they don't really seem to get along with qobuz all the time.

Overall, I like it, but it still needs work.

I just switched from Tidal to Qobuz and when using Soundiiz like 1/4 of my songs didn't transfer, and when I look songs up a lot of them aren't there at all. The personalized playlist is also disappointing in my experience, so I'm considering switching back.