BentiGorlichSep 9, 2025

It's Not Just You: Music Streaming Is Broken Now

It's Not Just You: Music Streaming Is Broken Now

https://gehirneimer.de/m/technology@lemmy.world/t/745225

It's Not Just You: Music Streaming Is Broken Now - Technology - GehirnEimer

> Welcome to the era of only Spotify Plays matter - let's take a look at the underbelly of streaming scams affecting independent artists.

Show threadyesmanSep 9, 2025
A long time ago, you could go to a special store and trade government paper for music disks and tape that you got to keep forever.
Show threadcosmoSep 9, 2025
When I discovered that it was possible to buy and download drm free lossless flac-files i went back to buying music again. Never looked back tbh.
Show threadUnbrokenTacoSep 9, 2025
Where do you buy them from?
Show threadcosmo
Qobuz
Sep 10, 2025 at 10:59amWeb
Show threadUnbrokenTacoSep 10, 2025
Thanks
Show thread6nk06Sep 10, 2025
I mostly buy from Bandcamp. Do you have the special Qibuz subscription to get discounts on purchases, and is it worth it ?
Show threadcosmoSep 10, 2025
Nah. I don’t bother with that. I can’t listen to unlimited amounts of music anyway, and buying fewer albums I care more about makes me listen to them more instead, I’d say. I already have a massive music catalog going back to the early 2000s when I pirated a lot and just kept around.