- Lossless; clear sound with no compression artifacts or “sizzle”
- Liner Art! Feelies! Presentation! There’s an art and a vibe for each album.
- Supported on most platforms
- No encryption or Digital Rights Management
- Can listen to CDs long after the music store goes out of business
- CDs are never “no longer available in the library”
- After ripping, I can push the files to my own media server and listen everywhere
- Since I own the physical media, I have a Fair Use license for ripping
- If my storage crashes, I can re-rip from disc without buying from the store again
- Nobody tracks my playbacks and pushes recommendations to me
- Because fuck you, that’s why.
