[waldothedog]

> The medium asks you to use it to create an experience, an environment. Streaming doesn't care, so long as you're Consuming Content.

I think you’re being a bit too charitable with the record industry IMHO. Buying records is “Consuming Content”, the experience is of your own creation.

[seba_dos1]

Usually, you won't create anything of worth without consuming first.

[shermantanktop]

There is an artist on the other side. The fact that they can connect with you is the real experience, mediated by commerce and technology and all the other stuff that gets in the way.