CDs Before Gambling Ads

CDs don’t make you listen to 10 minutes of gambling ads before playing 3 songs. 16.3 million CDs were sold in the first half of 2026 in the US, a 16 percent increase year-over-year. Why are people buying so many CDs? Collectors, affordable prices, and big K-pop albums.

A social media post jokes that people are returning to CDs because streaming services interrupt music with long gambling advertisements. An embedded news card reports rising CD sales and gives collectors, low prices, and large K-pop albums as reasons. The punchline is a sarcastic comparison between physical media and ad-filled streaming. EN: A social media post jokes that people are returning to CDs because streaming services interrupt music with long gambling advertisements. An embedded news card reports rising CD sales and gives collectors, low prices, and large K-pop albums as reasons. The punchline is a sarcastic comparison between physical media and ad-filled streaming.

• @antichirst / 22818 2026-07-21