I think what he is lamenting is the way he browsed. He has to learn a new way to be exposed to music.
I sometimes feel that way about bookstores. I miss the tactile contact of picking up a book, leafing through it, being caught by a phrase or passage, and then buying the book. I have passed many wonderful hours in bookstores (which I think grew out of the wonderful hours I spent as a child in libraries).
Brian