I liked the good ol' days when you could buy an LP/CD album and know that you'll have access to the music without depending on subscription services keeping them available.

I'm particularly annoyed by Spotify only keeping 'Remastered' versions of tracks that sound smooth/full/pleasing to new-time listeners but shave a lot of character off the original.

You still can buy albums if you want. New, used, digital. Lots of options.

The „remaster plague“ is extremely annoying. But that's because artists re-record their music in order to have to give the record label less money.