I understand not liking streaming and/or Spotify as a company. But people saying having a bunch of MP3’s on a homeserver is in no way the same experience. At least not for me and a lot of people using Spotify I know.

Music I really like I collect on CD. Spotify is like snacking and for going on music safari’s with related artists or playlists based on my interests. It’s fast, easy, downloads are near instant and I can easy switch to my phone, laptop, car or speakers at work. At a lot of home parties Spotify is used to do a group playlist (yes, YouTube can do that too and every 30 minutes someone will wipe the playlist or add 1600 songs by accident…)

For everything there is a free and open solition but that takes dedication and sacrifice. Switched to Linux a while back, let a man have his vices ;)