One of the problems with music streaming services is that many of them don't seem too focused on, y'know, music – so Spotify is trying to compete with Audible as well as podcasting platforms while planning to charge quite a lot more money for decent-quality audio (having already boosted its prices while alienating musicians), Tidal's heading in a more social media direction and everybody seems to be implementing AI.
And there are plenty of other issues with streaming and digital music generally, from artists' tiny royalty payments to issues of ownership and disappearing music. So it's perhaps not a surprise that more of us are turning away from the best music streaming services and switching to old-school audio formats; not just vinyl, but CD and cassettes too.
