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It's Not Just You: Music Streaming Is Broken Now (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Welcome to the era of only Spotify Plays matter - let's take a look at the underbelly of streaming scams affecting independent artists.

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[–] 37 points 1 year ago (11 children)

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.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Where do you buy them from?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    Qobuz. And sometimes bandcamp

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I mostly buy from Bandcamp. Do you have the special Qibuz subscription to get discounts on purchases, and is it worth it ?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago*

    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 bought CDs, pirated a lot and just kept all of it on my NAS.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I'm starting (a little late) to build my music library this way too. I self host jellyfin , for which there are some nice music players. But, I still have my Spotify account currently while I gradually build my personal library. I'll admit tho, I will miss the algorithm and artist suggestions

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    It was kind of easy for me, as I already used Plex for video, but Plexamp has been such an amazing experience for rediscovering my own music. The radios, sonic matching and DJ algorithms are fantastic. I'm sure there's other similar solutions, but it's really worth investing in, imho. There's currently a lot to be desired with the library management, but the player experience is worth the downsides for me.

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