Frankly I'm not sure it's just the 'kids'. I'm 39 and whilst I like the Spotify service, I also like the knowledge that I've got my own music stored. I'd hate to think I'd built up a series of playlists with an online service only for them to disappear overnight for a variety of reasons
At my startup, psonar, we believe in mp3s vs streaming - particularly for the 'kids'. I sit in front of a computer all day so streaming is ok for me, but teenagers spend far more of their time listening to music away from a computer. ipods, phones etc play a bigger part for them than computers.<p>Its also not just economically that streaming falls down, technologically the battery life and network bandwidth isn't there either - and doesn't show a lot of signs of improving rapidly
This article isn't about <i>owning</i> music at all!!<p>In my mind the issue is: do people want to own music <i>or</i> do they want to pay for a subscription--these are <i>not</i> one in the same.<p>The point by the way is valid. People get value out of listening to all-you-can-eat music, so they would pay. The tricky bit is making the transaction simple and automatic.