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Microsoft Windows Media Player stops serving up CD album info (theregister.com)
16 points by 7777777phil 8 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments




> The timing is unfortunate. Tired of content vanishing from streaming services or disappearing into algorithmic feeds, consumers are returning to physical media like CDs.

Vinyl is having a resurgence. CDs are not.

Vinyl sale revenue is now 4.5x higher than CD sales, and CD sales are still dropping: https://www.riaa.com/reports/2025-mid-year-music-industry-re...


Interestingly enough I just read that something like 1/3 of vinyl buyers don't have a record player.

EDIT: Apparently it’s even 50% (https://consequence.net/2023/04/half-vinyl-buyers-record-pla...)




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