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Originally Posted by Tony G
Yes there is a point to owning CDs. Why would I waste money on something digital when for a couple of extra dollars I can own something tangible? Yeah I rip the CD and never use it, but I ALWAYS prefer to have it there in a physical format. Even if the covers are "ugly", its the music that counts. Even then, most Ayu fans collect her albums, they're going to buy them regardless of what the outside looks like. Most Ayu fans like her for her music, not for her ability to take nice cover photos.
Having something in your hands to hold will always be better than something digital. On top of that, with digital music you are paying for music transcodes and usually pay premium dollar. CDs give you quality you rarely can buy digitally.
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I was not insinuating that it's pointless, but it kind of sucks when you actually don't get physical use out of something you purchased (damn expensive too)
and it's not even attractive to look at. I would never pay for digital alone - I usually buy the album AND have the digital copy on my iPod. But if the covers are God-awful, it really just angers me and actually does break the deal of if I will purchase that album or not. You can always download the album and it'd be the same quality if you ripped it yourself, but as far as beautiful cover art/packaging goes - it takes a lot more time, effort, and money to reproduce something or even print out a beautiful picture. It's not the same as having that gorgeous shoot straight from the presses.