Unsubscribed ( to Qobuz)

Actually don’t mind vinyl records and CD’s and books on shelving. It can all be done in an aesthetically pleasing way too.

As I saw in a post on another site I think our ire should be directed at the labels/rights holders provided the streaming service has done things appropriately.

My assumption is that it’s the labels/rights holders who are saying they’ll no longer supply streaming content or allow re-downloads rather than the streaming services for whom it makes sense to have the widest possible content portfolio.

Maybe it’s a bit of both, but for the streaming provider it has to be financially viable to offer content assuming there are fees to do that by default.

I rather suspected this thread would morph into yet another CD vs streaming debate. So in an attempt to address the question in the OP, at one time I did consider switching from Qobuz to Presto which is entirely Classical and Jazz. In the end lack of integration with my streamers meant I stuck Qobuz.

One of the big pluses for me is that when I read about an interesting album in one of the Music Room threads, most of the time I can find it and listen to it (at zero marginal cost) straight away. There are often discussions on the Classical thread about the relative merits of different performances and I enjoy doing the comparisons myself and seeing if I agree with other posters. So Qobuz stays, for the time being at least.

Roger

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Same here.

DG…

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Actually, thought this one might be more straightforward

Few weeks back, for all the reasons stated, decided to unsubscribe from Qobuz. During the weeks that followed became aware that others - from time to time - unsubscribe too.

So, genuinely thought it would be an interesting topic to explore why forum members - for all the various reasons - decide to unsubscribe form a music streamer service

Hope they helps ( to stimulate thought)
R

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