Be Grateful to Own Nothing

Who even BUYS physical media anymore? Asked the guy whose experience with gaming is exclusively on his phone and a PlayStation 5, whose only interaction with music as a medium is via Spotify and Walmart radio. Who buys physical media, anyway? A question I’ve been seeing a lot lately, ever since Sony announced that they’re killing the medium and experience of owning things, now, and forever. But we’ve been through this song and dance before. Many times, actually. Spotify has been slowly killing the CD market for around fifteen or so years, and I couldn’t tell you that I know a single person who even still buys CDs. That’s not to say that you can’t buy a CD from your favorite band on Bandcamp, but they might be on their way out, too. And the same goes for movies and shows. There was a time when Netflix’s streaming option was there as backup, for when you couldn’t get the movie you wanted to rent sent to you via DVD. So, this has been a thing that’s been happening since at least 2006 or…