On a basic level, I don’t have a music collection anymore because Apple made it too hard and frustrating to maintain one.
In my case it happened gradually and chaotically: Though I do still occasionally seek out mixtapes and stray leaks directly from the web, I’ve mostly just stopped listening to music that’s not available on Spotify. In the year since, I have never had any trouble listening to it, and by virtue of having it in all my iTunes libraries-the one at home, the one at work, and the one in my pocket-it actually feels like I own it. When I bought the Shamir album Ratchet from iTunes the day it came out, it automatically downloaded to my phone, my laptop, and my work computer. For worthy reasons, Apple has made it extremely easy to listen to songs you’ve paid the company to listen to, whether you’re a subscriber to its streaming service or a customer in its online store. Nevertheless I believe that Apple-and iTunes in particular-shoulders more responsibility than anything else for how my listening habits have changed.Īt the root of the problem is that the iTunes interface is now designed first and foremost to seamlessly integrate with other Apple products. Another part can be chalked up to the rise of streaming audio in general: One could argue that my “collection” now consists of everything that exists on Apple Music and Spotify, which I’ve subscribed to since its U.S. Part of the change can be attributed to my age, obviously: People who are 31 generally have less energy for cultivating their musical taste than they did when they were younger.
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