I'm old but ages ago, venues changed their contracts around so they get all the money from cd's sold at concerts. Until I found that out, I did sometimes buy them to support the band. I also sometimes bought downloads from Bandcamp, which apparently went evil a year or so ago. Idr the specifics though, except a lot of staff got sacked.
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I don't intend wasting space with a CD player
I‘m not young but at almost all shows that I go to, the artists sell vinyl, some sell tapes and CDs as well. I like to buy vinyl directly from the artists so that I know where the money goes. There are also younger folks who buy vinyl but it’s mostly older people who buy CDs
Am a data hoarder with a shitton of flac yet I still buy cds. (And blue ray/dvds). It's really about owning things and not losing acess on the whim of some random contracts between copyright holders.
I know some people who will buy vinyls but that's as far as it goes for physical media in music. Music CDs are pretty much foreign objects in 2024 and people just stream instead.
A CD would be cool, but where am I ever going to use it? I don't have a CD player at all...but I do have an Apple Music subscription. A vinyl at least is large and works better as a decoration. Don't really see the point in using a CD.
If I want to support the artist I'm seeing, I just buy clothing instead.
P.S. we don't know what a skibidi toilet is either. Ask gen alpha.
A CD would be cool, but where am I ever going to use it?
I'm still mad at the lack of available disk drives to the average individual these days, and now they're taking my fucking 3.5mm jacks!
If they did, it would likely be a collector thing.
What would they even put them in?
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High School teachers I know comment on the number of portable CD players they see these days... So, maybe?
I would prefer a record tbh.
The artists I like don't put out CDs with their music so no.
Naah, maybe a bakelit disc tho.
This might answer some of your questions. Music isn’t the same. It’s mass produced entertainment that we can browse at our fingertips with infinite options. Music devalued itself by being so accessible and throwaway.
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