Thank you, Nick.
And yes, there are some advantages to streaming, relative to playing locally, depending on ones listening habits, preferences, etc.
Sure, physical space of retaining CDs, vinyl, or in my case, external hard drives is disadvantages. I really feel for those with large reel-to-reel collections. 30 minutes of music on media the size of a frisbee, albeit supposedly the crem dela crem of audio.
And, as you state, the catalog of music in terms of what's available is rather large where streaming is concerned.
I suppose in an ideal scenario, one could strive to have multiple options (streaming and playing local, analog, digital, etc.)
Best.
Hal