▲ 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.
[–] 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