Also millennial. The only thing I pay for is Tidal. Music streams, at least for now, are operating as they should. You pay one a month, get all the content and no ads. I’m using it everyday and it costs almost nothing.
I wouldn’t be so sure about that lifetime subscription. Companies already started changing the terms of use while subscribed. Sony’s has been removing movies that have been purchased from people’s librarys.
I buy the music I want to have track by track on iTunes, I have 800 songs in my library, my thinking is that if I get on hard times, I will at least be able to keep access to my music without any added cost.
I do this and download it to local storage. It’s all DRM free and I can stream it myself with Jellyfin or throw it on a USB stick to play in my car. Even if Apple goes belly-up or something they can’t revoke that access.
I wouldn’t be so sure about that lifetime subscription. Companies already started changing the terms of use while subscribed. Sony’s has been removing movies that have been purchased from people’s librarys.
I understand why you’d be worried but comparing a multi-billion multi-national corporation like Sony to Nebula is like comparing CNN or Fox News to 4ZZZ Community Radio, they are worlds apart
The founder and CEO posts on reddit responding to peoples questions
A lifetime subscription ($500) is roughly the price of 17 yearly subscriptions ($30). How many years do you think Nebula will remain as good as it is now? You should probably think of some of that money as being a donation and not a guaranteed product.
For some people, that’s probably fine. The service might have given them $500 worth of value already, so buying it’s a no-brainer.
Also millennial. The only thing I pay for is Tidal. Music streams, at least for now, are operating as they should. You pay one a month, get all the content and no ads. I’m using it everyday and it costs almost nothing.
I wouldn’t be so sure about that lifetime subscription. Companies already started changing the terms of use while subscribed. Sony’s has been removing movies that have been purchased from people’s librarys.
I buy the music I want to have track by track on iTunes, I have 800 songs in my library, my thinking is that if I get on hard times, I will at least be able to keep access to my music without any added cost.
I do this and download it to local storage. It’s all DRM free and I can stream it myself with Jellyfin or throw it on a USB stick to play in my car. Even if Apple goes belly-up or something they can’t revoke that access.
I also have 300+ CDs though.
That was my plan, but I haven’t got to it yet.
I’ll have to spin up a VM with Windows, install iTunes and start downloading
I understand why you’d be worried but comparing a multi-billion multi-national corporation like Sony to Nebula is like comparing CNN or Fox News to 4ZZZ Community Radio, they are worlds apart
The founder and CEO posts on reddit responding to peoples questions
https://www.reddit.com/r/Nebula/comments/1qicazx/comment/o0swr01/
A lifetime subscription ($500) is roughly the price of 17 yearly subscriptions ($30). How many years do you think Nebula will remain as good as it is now? You should probably think of some of that money as being a donation and not a guaranteed product.
For some people, that’s probably fine. The service might have given them $500 worth of value already, so buying it’s a no-brainer.
At the risk of sounding cynical. I also wouldn’t trust any company to stay fair forever.