Somehow I don't like the "rental model" for songs and books that one may enjoy multiple times in one's life (compared to movies that are usually more ephemeral, and there may not be many that one would want to watch multiple times). So "owning" — the rights to copy and play the music anywhere, anytime and on any device — seems like a better choice than supporting streaming services where you can't really say if you'd be able to listen to your favorite song tomorrow.
I feel similar for music I actually care about. That said, I'm coming from a place where I already had a large collection of music ripped from CDs I bought (plus from the early days of Napster mostly to replace music I had on vinyl). And TBH I mostly don't care that much about new music.
I still buy some music even though I subscribe to Apple Music.
But if I were coming from a place where I was starting out and owned no music, I might think differently.
Yup. Getting a Spotify account and then Netflix account made me forget the desire to pirate. Fast forward a couple years, my favourite songs and movies disappearing from those services made me seriously reconsider the value proposition, compared to visiting a well known Bay of buccaneers.
