It has NOTHING to do with that. It's because Boomer music execs are stuck in the pass and politicians over legislated and made people afraid of downloading songs due to a probable 5 years in prison.
That doesn't change the fact that it's better to fucking own the media you enjoy than leaving it in the hands of people that can change or remove it without even telling you.
I don't even understand why you are arguing this. Do you own a streaming-plattform?
Which makes a lot of sense when you think about what happens to media that you only own virtually.
At least CDs cannot get made to conform to our "cultural norms" once you have them.
Second that. CD's are more relevant today than ten years ago.
It has NOTHING to do with that. It's because Boomer music execs are stuck in the pass and politicians over legislated and made people afraid of downloading songs due to a probable 5 years in prison.
Doesn't change the fact that CDs cannot be remotely altered or removed after you purchased them.
I mean, you have seen what Disney is doing to their back-catalog in recent years?
Japan isn't even remotely doing that. Find me a SINGLE politician in any western nation who goes even remotely this hard on the rainbow mafia.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/05/22/gold-medal-homophobia-japan
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/22/national/politics-diplomacy/ldp-lawmaker-lgbt-remark/
That doesn't change the fact that it's better to fucking own the media you enjoy than leaving it in the hands of people that can change or remove it without even telling you.
I don't even understand why you are arguing this. Do you own a streaming-plattform?