After thirty years of collecting and listening to music across formats, I've started wondering if streaming algorithms are actually killing the joy of discovery or just reshaping it. Back in the CD era, I'd pick albums based on a friend's mixtape or a magazine review, and sometimes it flopped, but when it worked, that song became part of my identity. Now, with endless personalized playlists, I rarely feel that same thrill, yet I can find niche artists from anywhere in seconds—so is the trade-off worth it? Do you think the convenience and breadth of streaming make up for the loss of that organic, sometimes messy search that made music feel more personal?