> There is a part of me that wants to abandon streaming services and just buy a couple of albums per month based on what I think might be cool.
I highly encourage giving it a try if you’re inclined. I personally never took to streaming services, largely for the reasons you express.
For me it’s mostly because I dislike shuffle, and prefer listing to full albums. Not a hipster snobby thing, it just fits my attention span better and has led to several artists becoming favorites when I’d felt pretty meh about their singles.
I highly encourage giving it a try if you’re inclined. I personally never took to streaming services, largely for the reasons you express.
For me it’s mostly because I dislike shuffle, and prefer listing to full albums. Not a hipster snobby thing, it just fits my attention span better and has led to several artists becoming favorites when I’d felt pretty meh about their singles.