A bit of both, mostly download.
For one, the only way I'm going to get "my music" in my car is through MP3's on a USB (or CD's...But just no). I therefore download everything I like so I can put on there, especially since my car's stereo for some reason has a limit on how many songs/folders it will recognise, so I need to keep downloaded stuff to change up what's on there occasionally.
Secondly, I play D&D and for music I prefer to just have 'extended versions' of songs that are like 30 minutes to an hour in length ready to go, usually ripped from Youtube. To avoid adverts and because we don't always play somewhere with a consistent (or any) internet connection, downloads are the way to go.
Thirdly, I just really like music. I do find myself in places where I just don't have any internet connection from time to time. It would be a shame if, say, me and my friends and/or girlfriend just went somewhere nice to just chill but we had to do it in silence because there's no internet and we all relied on streaming everything.
On the other hand I've recently started using Spotify since it was ?1 for 3 months, seemed like an okay deal given I would be using it fairly regularly this month. It's convenient having near all the songs from a band on demand, especially new stuff I may not have had a chance to download.
I also quite like how they'll slip in a couple songs from bands I don't already follow based on what I do like. I tend to dislike most of these songs/bands, but I have come across a couple that I really liked that I probably wouldn't have heard of otherwise.
Otherwise I don't see much other benefit to streaming over downloading. It doesn't really effect any of my storage space given I bought storage specifically for music and the 'convenience' is arguably a bit better with downloads if you don't mind needing storage since there's never going to be an issue due to internet connectivity.
I still do this either because some bands I like are just that unknown they don't have downloads or streaming options available or because it's some sort of 'fan made' thing that can't legally be gotten elsewhere.
For one, the only way I'm going to get "my music" in my car is through MP3's on a USB (or CD's...But just no). I therefore download everything I like so I can put on there, especially since my car's stereo for some reason has a limit on how many songs/folders it will recognise, so I need to keep downloaded stuff to change up what's on there occasionally.
Secondly, I play D&D and for music I prefer to just have 'extended versions' of songs that are like 30 minutes to an hour in length ready to go, usually ripped from Youtube. To avoid adverts and because we don't always play somewhere with a consistent (or any) internet connection, downloads are the way to go.
Thirdly, I just really like music. I do find myself in places where I just don't have any internet connection from time to time. It would be a shame if, say, me and my friends and/or girlfriend just went somewhere nice to just chill but we had to do it in silence because there's no internet and we all relied on streaming everything.
On the other hand I've recently started using Spotify since it was ?1 for 3 months, seemed like an okay deal given I would be using it fairly regularly this month. It's convenient having near all the songs from a band on demand, especially new stuff I may not have had a chance to download.
I also quite like how they'll slip in a couple songs from bands I don't already follow based on what I do like. I tend to dislike most of these songs/bands, but I have come across a couple that I really liked that I probably wouldn't have heard of otherwise.
Otherwise I don't see much other benefit to streaming over downloading. It doesn't really effect any of my storage space given I bought storage specifically for music and the 'convenience' is arguably a bit better with downloads if you don't mind needing storage since there's never going to be an issue due to internet connectivity.
me at 12 years old downloading songs off of Youtube to mp3
I still do this either because some bands I like are just that unknown they don't have downloads or streaming options available or because it's some sort of 'fan made' thing that can't legally be gotten elsewhere.