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For sure, Spotify is convenient but you own nothing and you locked with a subscription. Also, you listen what they propose. What happens if your favorite band become removed from their library?
I still buy few albums and keep my library of audio files. (And I get some album for free using the same methods we used back in the days 😏)
You own nothing and you locked with a subscription
Who cares if I only pay 10€ a month but can access 80 million songs. Back then 10€ bought you 75% of an album and you were forced to listen to it until you started hating it.
You listen what they propose
First of this is not necessary a bad thing. The algorithm can propose music you like not music that's popular. You have to train it by making your own choices which - SUPRISE - is also what we did back than. People were influenced by MTV but at the end it was your decision what you listen to just like these days. You literally only have to enter the name of any album into the search bar. Back then the retailer did the preselection for you and only put CDs on display that would sell.
What happens when you favorite band gets removed from their library
Rarely happens because these days when you as an artist are not on the streaming services you might as well not exist at all.
The way you access music just isn't comfortable to most people including me.
My music taste is always changing. I like listening to new (to me) music, not the same albums over and over. I much prefer spotify over buying albums
You can do it without Spotify as well.
My point is, using downloaded album, you are sure to retreive what you listened X years ago.
The only songs that have ever been removed from my library (Spotify shows you) are remixes/mashups where the person doing it never had permission.
Not really sure what you mean by you listen to what they propose? You search what you want, follow other people, listen to playlists you or other people have made.
I mean they could have some arrists they don't want to be on spotify. It already happened.
Don't think that list is totally accurate. Listening to Norwegian Wood as I type this.
Unfortunately I have seen OSTs, albums and even a single song in an otherwise fully available album removed from Spotify, but it is indeed very inusual.
Bandcamp is the answer.
You can still buy music digitally these days
There are ways to enjoy most of Spotifys 'Premium Features' withiut paying. And for the Artist I like I buy a physical copy, because I like having something to put in my shelf. Also it helps the Artists more than listening on Spotify