tomewing:

Yesterday I asked the question, “what are people buying instead of music?”. If the free availability of music - legal or otherwise - has led to a relative decline in money spent on non-free music, where has that money gone? I got a bunch of really interesting responses, so here they are.

I’m just going to include one of the answers for my version of a Fox News “Shame on You” segment. 

Videogames

“The money moms use to buy virtual goods in Zynga games was almost certainly going to the latest installment of the Rod Stewart Songbook series not long ago.” (crumbler)

I’m not even going to bother doing the work of gathering statistics to prove you’re wrong because it’s so patently obvious (though I invite you to gather statistics to prove you’re right! HINT: you’re not going to find them). Fuck off with this anti-moms shit. It’s sexist and insulting and it’s a dodge to avoid discussing how you and your peers notionally spend that money. 

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  3. strontiumgirlcommando reblogged this from becoming-wave and added:
    Food and books. I guess someone buys AAA videogames if they keep making them but, really, why? Not many
  4. mirrorful reblogged this from tomewing and added:
    I’m more familiar with...this: we’re watching less TV/reading less books/playing outside...
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    Speaking as a non-computer baby,...spend that much money on records in
  7. charmian reblogged this from tomewing and added:
    also voted tech (see original post for a rundown...other responses). Then again, I’m not...
  8. becoming-wave reblogged this from towerofsleep and added:
    I’m also surprised clothes didn’t come up. I basically stopped buying records at the exact same time I gave myself...
  9. towerofsleep reblogged this from tomewing and added:
    Hey look, it’s Becky up there! Also, I’m kinda surprised that clothes didn’t come up at all. A lot
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    Fox News “Shame...gathering statistics to prove you’re wrong
  13. parklakespeakers said: Seems like acts play much bigger/more shows relative to record sales now. Could be substitution or just live sales not going down in same way, not sure which.
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    Blue Lines Revisited: So,...ARE People Buying Instead Of Music?
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