private ways to buy music? (midwest.social)

submitted 3 weeks ago by blackberry@midwest.social to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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streaming has a history of being data intrusive. and buying from most online stores show itemized music receipts to the credit card company (and don't typically allow giftcards). buying in person is nice, but harder to get new music.

any tips?

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[-] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

In case you don't have an optical drive, new ones cost only slightly more than a CD these days.

Here's some guidance on which models are especially good at audio ripping:

https://pilabor.com/blog/2022/10/audio-cd-ripping-hardware/

(Note that the best ones cost a bit more and don't come with a USB enclosure, but could be mounted in one.)

this post was submitted on 13 Feb 2025

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