▲ 293 ▼ It's Not Just You: Music Streaming Is Broken Now (www.youtube.com) submitted 1 year ago by BentiGorlich@gehirneimer.de to c/technology@lemmy.world 119 comments fedilink hide all child comments Welcome to the era of only Spotify Plays matter - let's take a look at the underbelly of streaming scams affecting independent artists.
[–] UnbrokenTaco@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (8 children) Where do you buy them from? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] qwank@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (2 children) Im gonna guess bandcamp? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cosmo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Mostly Qobuz. permalink fedilink source parent [–] UnbrokenTaco@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Oh, I thought that was only indie artists permalink fedilink source parent [–] cosmo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (3 children) Qobuz. And sometimes bandcamp permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] 6nk06@sh.itjust.works 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 ? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cosmo@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] UnbrokenTaco@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Thanks permalink fedilink source parent [–] Eranziel@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago Dunno about the user you asked, but I've used Bandcamp for that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] qwank@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (2 children) Im gonna guess bandcamp? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cosmo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Mostly Qobuz. permalink fedilink source parent [–] UnbrokenTaco@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Oh, I thought that was only indie artists permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnbrokenTaco@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Oh, I thought that was only indie artists permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cosmo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (3 children) Qobuz. And sometimes bandcamp permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] 6nk06@sh.itjust.works 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 ? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cosmo@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] UnbrokenTaco@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Thanks permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 6nk06@sh.itjust.works 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 ? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cosmo@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cosmo@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Eranziel@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago Dunno about the user you asked, but I've used Bandcamp for that. permalink fedilink source parent