It’s not so much, I spend several times that on Sky & Netflix. And I do because there is no other remotely as useful solution that lets me …
- … have streaming content and ripped files in one UI. (And I have a lot of ripped CDs that are important to me and not available on streaming. I even import a fake flac if a release is not on streaming and I only have the vinyl, this way I still have everything in one place and can add the metadata; often, Roon has the metadata anyway even if the music is not on Qobuz. Into the flac I put a female computer voice telling me to go fetch the vinyl, in case I forget and play it)
- … removes the pain from adding detailed metadata as well as it does (not perfect, but sufficient to make it feasible to enter the stuff I care about and that it does not know about, e.g., it’s not very good with Austrian punk from the 70ies-90ies
) - … mine my collection for interesting connections, such as who engineered what, or even simply lets me focus on e.g. all releases in my library from a certain label. This is important to me, e.g., I own nearly the complete catalog of SST Records.
- … gives me a quick glance on at least fundamental info on artist/albums/lyrics. Yes I can google, but I prefer to do this only if I have a deeper interest. When checking out something quickly, a quick summary of what it is about is nice. (And the blurbs are often not bad - not an in-depth critique, but good enough as a quick summary)
- Tags. Show me only my vinyl. Show me only my CDs. Show me all artists that I saw live. Show me all album covers I like.
- More granular rating than a binary favorite yes/no. I want to remember many albums for a variety of reasons. That doesn’t meant I want them to clutter my favorites.
- Buttons for artist website etc., integration with Songkick for local concert dates
- More
That said, they should have gone with Discog’s model for entering credits and artist names