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Originally Posted by IM3CPO
The guy who wrote the article got it all wrong. Computer audio is not dead. This doesnt even remotely make any kind of sense. Digital playback devices like phones, iPads, etc., are still computers. Storing your music locally on your network and playing it on another device in your home is still streaming. What he actually meant (but didnt state) is that music services will replace music ownership.
So, will music services replace music ownership? Almost certainly and the reason will be due to no access to distribution. Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook are becoming the only way to distribute items that can be virtualized.
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Nope, you are confusing the terms of true "streaming". Streaming from your NAS or other device that holds the downloaded/purchased content is not "On Demand Streaming" as the current trend is.
In order to "store" something on your "computer" be it iPhone, iPad, computer etc... one needs to "buy" and "download". Downloads are Nearing Extinction.
"Hey, the woolly mammoth also had a good run. But despite a decade of relatively strong sales, the paid download now looks headed for the music industry’s waste bin.
Just this week, Nielsen Music put some numbers on this meltdown. During the first half of 2018, sales of song downloads tanked 27.4% to 223.1 million, from 307.2 million during the same period in 2017. Separately, album downloads slipped 21.7% to 27.5 million units, down from 35.1 million previously."
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/201...loads-extinct/
The current trends seem to clearly indicate that any kind of "ownership" be it physical media or purchased "downloaded" content is going the way of the Dinosaurs.
