After decades of playing guitar in cover bands, I've concluded that streaming platforms have actually made music worse, not better. Sure, I can access any song ever recorded in seconds, but the way we consume music now feels disposable, like we're just skimming the surface. I remember saving up for a CD and listening to it front to back, letting each track breathe, but now most people skip after fifteen seconds if the hook doesn't hit immediately. Doesn't that change the way artists create, pushing them to write for the algorithm rather than for the art? Or am I just romanticizing the past while ignoring the incredible diversity that streaming has brought us?