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Dont give into the rent-based economic system we find ourselves in (lemmy.ca)
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[–] 54 points 5 months ago (12 children)

buying drm-free digital media is probably also okay, if you back it up yourself.

i don't do any subscriptions, myself.

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  • [–] [S] 23 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    🤝 I download new music to check if I like it, and if I do then go over to Qobuz and buy it DRM-free and download the flac file, which is my flac file. Happy to support the musicians.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    Are there any good alternatives to Qobuz? I tried it out and was annoyed that they didn't seem to embed metadata in the files (like album art) unless you use their "downloader" and I think it's silly that I have to install that to just... download some files. Or maybe I missed something?

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I mostly buy music from bandcamp. Drm free, different format options, you can stream before you buy (if the band has it configured as such)

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Thanks! I think the trouble I had with Bandcamp is that it seemed to be missing some stuff I wanted - some of it was more niche but a good bit of it was pretty popular so I was surprised by that. No reason I couldn't use more than one source though.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    In this anti-subscription context, it's nice, but for me the main point of physicals is reselling. GOG just like Steam and others benefits from the fact you can't get your money back, and you have to buy from them.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Ah that's interesting. I'm too much of a pack rat and the idea of selling some of my music makes me uncomfortable. Though I guess I have some games that were duds I wouldn't mind selling.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    I'm converting to physicals now that I realised, I'm probably never going to replay 90% of my games.

    I'm planning to sell most of my 3DS games because I didn't like them enough to replay besides two, yet enjoyed them enough/know what the deal is when people discuss them that buying was worth it. Now I can hopefully get half of my cash back (and I already bought them used!) once I find the time and energy to look for buyers. Don't know how much pawn shops take.

    You might even try to buy new games and just sell them after finishing (unless you love them), but I have enough of a backlog already...

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