Me and my homies were discussing this last night.

I think the two worst things that came from the streaming era is

1) fans being insufferable more than ever about record sales even though it’s easier than ever to manipulate the sales.
2) over saturation: artist have an incentive to release as much music as possible regardless of the quality.

What about the biggest benefit?

Shid that might be the only benefit

Nothing

Benefits?

cheap

dont even see how its all that convienent.

I think most people's music taste is more diverse even if it is more shallow

This is a really good thread

U can access ur music anywhere on any device

A lot better then downloading mixtapes then putting on a chip or uploading to phone

Nothing

Idk about the biggest benefit, but the fact that it leaves s*** open is a double edge sword. Wasnt this easy to get noticed before. But also makes a whole lotta mid relevant

Creatively and hobby, streaming is a great tool for music nerds who still dig. but most people just listen to what the algorithm gives em.

ur a legit sped

easier to access an array of music

connivence and storage, i would never download the albums i listen to now because it would be a waste of storage, i like how i get to have my cake and eat it too

way easier to build up your music tastes too

Arranging albums in a better order

trash artists getting exposed

Bigger platform for smaller artists to get a foothold

Much easier to check out new music when there is no downloading a DATPIFF EXCLUSIVE mixtape

It might be easier for labels to f*** over artists because now they’re not getting much off streams and depending on what their fan base is like they can’t show actual sales. That could be a benefit.

less well known artists getting number 1 albums cause their fans still purchase music

Also artists trying to boost numbers with extra tracks.

Wouldn’t have gotten a 25 track drake album, double Uzi or double Nav album before streaming

Drake was still dropping long projects before streaming

Its accurate