This, unfortunately, is on point. It does seem to be getting harder to listen to music, but I also think it's because our expectations around _how_ we listen to

This, unfortunately, is on point. It does seem to be getting harder to listen to music, but I also think it's because our expectations around _how_ we listen to music are increasing in scope. I have an FM radio in almost every room, and a vinyl record player in the living room. This has been (roughly) the state of those two technologies since the 70s. They're simple to reason about and operate. I also have an extensive digital music collection. And I want to listen to that from... 1. My stereo - so I have Kodi Media Center running on a home theater PC. I control it with my phone. It gets media off my NAS, which means I have to run a backup from my laptop, where I download the music, to be able to listen to it there. 2. My car - which can take a USB flash drive, but can't play back FLAC files, which is how I store them locally. So I have a script which converts them all to MP3s. I need to walk to the flash drive inside, connect it, run the script, then walk it back out. 3. My phone - at least that's click-and-drag. Listening to a personal music collection has almost definitely gotten more logistically challenging than shuffling around some LPs or CDs, but there are also many more use cases enabled today.