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Worked on an open source cloud player 10y ago: idea was to have one place to curate playlists and your music library in general -- basically an access and authentication platform where the underlying providers can change over the years without impacting your collection.

Still feel this is the right way to think about collecting and curating music going forward…

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I had a similar thought a few years ago when trying to think of "useful" uses of NFTs. It could be great if I could buy music, etc and then play it on any streaming service via some sort of proof-of-right-to-play mechanism.

It will never happen. Why would the future platform owners, or especially separate service owners, want to let you enjoy the benefit of their hosting costs when they get nothing?

Imagine Spotify being able to continue streaming you music that they no longer have access to, because you "the user" still have individual rights to the music.

Thwn, you can stream your own music and Spotify's music side by side.

And, it's a double win, since they're not paying an royalty fees for a single user streaming music they already own.

Tomahawk?