# Shame on Starbucks; no newspapers.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-on-starbucks-no-newspapers/844034>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 26, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-on-starbucks-no-newspapers/844034 "2019-11-26T22:44:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 29, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-on-starbucks-no-newspapers/844034/41 "2019-11-29T18:02:41Z")

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> [@ftg](#):
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> The CDs were never intended to be a profitable part of the business. They were intended to avoid paying license fees for the music played in the stores. “Record stores” are exempt from such fees.

Don’t they push music downloads from their website?

CDs are passé anyway, aren’t they?  
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**Post date:** [November 29, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-on-starbucks-no-newspapers/844034/42 "2019-11-29T18:21:38Z")

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> [@KarlGauss](#):
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> Hmmm, e-version of coffee?
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> I think this is what is meant by covfefe.

No, [this](https://youtu.be/b5nnDGVOnmk) is covfefe. (Short YouTube video with sound).

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