Streaming Leads to Brain Rot

Streaming Qobuz almost does seem too good to be true — it’s awesome! Rather than being overwhelmed or dumbed down to music as the article implies, I find incredible new music across many genres on a daily basis I would’ve likely never otherwise heard. My music vocabulary/collection has grown more over the past five years than it has over the prior two decades. I fail to see how that’s bad in any way whatsoever. It’s not the tool that’s to blame, whether that be Spotify or any other streaming service, but rather how the listener decides to use it. People who care about music will find it to be a gold mine and a revelation, and people aren’t as serious about music and who just want generic background music can be happy with that. This article’s assertion that streaming music is a problem for listeners is a stretch IMHO. How artists get paid is another issue, but it is true that unknown artists have many more platforms today to get noticed than they ever had in the past, so as usual there are trade offs and streaming will continue to evolve. All I know is that this is the best time I’ve ever had in my 40+ years as an audiophile, and it’s solely due to the convenience and new music discovery through streaming.

Must say I am a bit confused about your post. I listen to mostly entire releases and perhaps skip a song or two. Brain rot? Perhaps I am dim. Most Aphiles don’t touch Spotify. 

"Streaming leads to brain rot" What kind of a stupid, lame brain, imbecile would stoop so low as to write such an article in the first place? Are you kidding me?  Anyway, it’s always been commonly known amongst "Audiophiles" that Spotify isn’t of the highest sound quality for streaming music. This is why Audiophiles primarily stream their music at the highest of sound quality levels via Qobuz or Tidal, along with their high quality audio systems to facilitate high quality streaming. So, what are we talking here? Are we criticizing those non- Audiophiles who choose to listen to their music on a more casual, less than Audiophile caliber basis? The reality is that, most music listeners, and most music lovers in the world are, in fact, non-Audiophiles, and really could give a rats ass about what’s going on in our little insane Audiophile world. Neither do they care about what the heck we think about them, as they’re just going along their merry way simply enjoying the music. Some stupidly arrogant Audiophiles have a habit of taking themselves way to seriously, thereby taking some of the fun out of the hobby, as well as taking some of the fun out of the pleasure, enjoyment and the experience of music listening in general. Music listening is supposed to be a pleasurable experience, no matter how one chooses to listens to it. Happy listening.

Lost me when I saw "newyorker" in the link  didn't even click.

Streaming through Qobuz is the most wonderful advancement in music delivery technology in my lifetime. The very highest sound quality and access to over ten million albums. It is great.

Not sure exactly what the article said, since the screen would keep going black, with a window wanting me to subscribe to The New Yorker. Some nitwit trying to get attention by saying something controversial.