I totally agree. I still have a large mp3 and flac collection.

When Spotify came a long I used both for a while. But my Spotify playlists became so full of completely random tracks, it was never financially viable to even buy 10%, and its become more difficult to do so legally.

For the bands/artists I really like, I've bought CDs or if that's not possible, bought digital versions.

I am attempting to transition away from streaming completely, but I have playlists which are 100+ hours long; which I've curated myself. I have a dozen others which are 8-20.

You could accuse me of having too much music. That i can't possibly listen to most of it. Perhaps there is some truth in that. When you've had access to an unlimited buffet, it's difficult to go back to a set menu.

Yes, ultimately I want to own all my most listened to music, but for now it would be nice to do both and have a player with physical buttons.