MPD: A case study for Client-server model

/prog/, explain why client-server model isn't pure shit for desktop applications like an audio-player: "run the music player daemon first, and then start the client, then stop the server process"
This is fucking overengineering ruining my KISS principle.

>>4
sockets is provably the worse option
Citation needed.

why I would care to stay my audio-player running after I log off?
My desktop plays music through the stereo. I work on my laptop nearby. Why would I want to stay logged on to my desktop while I'm not using it?

you can send any running process to background using Ctrl-Z + bg
Excellent, now try closing the shell.

>>7
Why would I want to stay logged on to my desktop while I'm not using it?
Because you're running a general userspace program.