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Poll #27951 Music listening habits

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 37

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Do you use Spotify?

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No
15 (40.5%)

Occasionally
8 (21.6%)

Yes, the free version
5 (13.5%)

Yes, the paid version
11 (29.7%)

Yes, but just for a few Spotify-exclusive podcasts
0 (0.0%)

If you don't, what do you use to listen to music?

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Another similar commercial streaming service
7 (26.9%)

My own music collection, whether digital or analog
18 (69.2%)

The radio
4 (15.4%)

YouTube
14 (53.8%)

Library-provided streaming services
1 (3.8%)

Something else Lauren didn't think of (tell me what it is)
2 (7.7%)

Obviously this is inspired by everyone posting their Spotify wrapped stuff everywhere and me not being able to participate since I don't use Spotify. I carefully curate my own music collection in the program formerly known as iTunes (with backup copies on a removable hard drive). If I want to hear a new song without buying/downloading/whatever, I'll pull it up on YouTube or through a library streaming service. 

I am deeply uncomfortable with the idea of just streaming things that I actually love. I want to own a copy. I don't like the idea that things can disappear from the internet with no notice. It's fine for a TV show I'm just going to watch once and I definitely make use of the library streaming services, but if it's something I am going to return to (like most of the music I listen to), I want to own it myself.