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wowww ur so special, look at u, so courageous (even though i havent been streaming music for years and its easy and saves you a lot of fucking money)
Mar 23, 2024 at 1:42pmWeb
Show threadnano's old account's rotting corpseMar 23, 2024
who would win
- $12 a month for spotify, artist gets $0.010 per stream, all of it goes away as soon as you cancel your subscription
- $4 for an album on bandcamp, artist gets all of the money, you keep the music forever and can also share it with friends
Show threadrefraction Mar 23, 2024

@nano the main reason I've been using Spotify is to discover new stuff and be able to easily check things out and add them to my rotation if I like them. But with them now not paying a lot of artists at all, paying the rest very little and giving millions to fucking Joe Rogan while also raising prices, there's no way I'll keep giving them money.

I just want a way to solve the discoverability problem while giving most of the money to the actual artists instead of some shitty corporate platforms 😭

Show thread Ibly 🏳️‍⚧️ Mar 23, 2024
@nano i used music streaming during my $1 trial for spotify

and then dropped off of it immediately and haven't looked back lmfao

it's not that hard to buy music off bandcamp tbqh
Show threadnano's old account's rotting corpseMar 23, 2024
@EeveeEuphoria its also very cheap and directly supports the music artist since streaming services pay the artist a fraction of a cent per stream
Show thread Ibly 🏳️‍⚧️ Mar 23, 2024
@nano yep

even a dollar per album is still giving them way more money than they'll ever get from you if you kept streaming it
Show threadsirlan <( rawr )Mar 23, 2024
@[email protected]
step 1: have ad blocker and media downloading extensions on pc browser
step 2: install revanced or vimusic on phone
step 3: rejoice with free youtube music
Show threadnano's old account's rotting corpseMar 23, 2024
@sirlan thats definitely.. one way of doing it i guess
Show threadtaco, bird/cat Mar 23, 2024
@sirlan @nano revanced my beloved
Show threadHaijoMar 23, 2024
that works, but youtube uses very lossy compression for its audio.
most people wouldn't consider this a great listening experience

CC: @[email protected]
Show threadsirlan <( rawr )Mar 23, 2024
@[email protected] @[email protected] not really an audiophile, so, for me its fine
Show threadfops Now On Merping Synth DownloadMar 23, 2024
@nano wowww so quirky
Show threadWyatt (🏳️‍⚧️♀?)Mar 23, 2024
@nano Same energy as this
That's nice sweetie, I've used 1980s technology my entire fucking life.
Show threadnano's old account's rotting corpseMar 23, 2024
@wyatt8740 GOD YEAH
Show threadAstra "jaywalking punk anarchist" UnderscoreMar 23, 2024
@[email protected] yeah, people have no idea how much music you can put inside an mp3 player. they are cheap as dirt and pirating music is free ​​
Show threadHaijoMar 23, 2024
I usually buy CDs locally, then copy the contents to a computer with lossless compression (flac).
I've heard that some people burn the copies they made of CDs to new CD-Rs as this somehow makes it easier for some CD players to read. I doubt it has an effect on the audio quality though, maybe it can prevent skips on some specific older players
Show threadLemonheep (Medicine user) Mar 24, 2024
@[email protected] I honestly should start paying for Bandcamp. Artists like Creo, Lemon Demon, C418, JQHN, and etc, etc. are so talented, and indie piracy (even when it's as "small" as violating the Commons) is a massive dick move.