You forgot to include paying $0.99/song as a hard disk negative.
Two more possible trade-offs:
- Does the average person know how to transfer their music collection to a new computer?
- Paying for songs a la carte requires thinking about what to buy and deciding if it's worth your money. Streaming reduces that friction.
Having moved to streaming, I can't really imagine going back to storing songs. If I had a really great stereo or headphones, maybe then I'd reconsider. But streaming is just so much more convenient.
Two more possible trade-offs:
- Does the average person know how to transfer their music collection to a new computer?
- Paying for songs a la carte requires thinking about what to buy and deciding if it's worth your money. Streaming reduces that friction.
Having moved to streaming, I can't really imagine going back to storing songs. If I had a really great stereo or headphones, maybe then I'd reconsider. But streaming is just so much more convenient.