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This is a $1 dollar increase from what I was paying. But soon subscribers will be $15/month, then $20/month. I wonder how much of deezer's income actually goes to the artists.

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[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 24 points 1 year ago

I'm still trying to buy physical CDs. It is getting more difficult, but they're still around.

This shitshow will only get worse, NOT better.

[-] shanie@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

Yep, if you buy the music you actually like, yeah that CD you bought at FYE in 2013 was $12, but that's $12 literally 10 years ago, water under the bridge, and you can still use it however you want to use it.

Meawhile Deezer nuts is making you pay for a CD-worth of content every month. That's 12 CDs a year.

Now That's What I Call a LOT of Music.

[-] CleanDefinition@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

So I pay a CD worth of music but can listen to every new album I want every month? How's that expensive?

[-] Krauerking@lemy.lol 6 points 1 year ago

And that is why I pay for things I actually use. And suggest other people do as well. I pirate the stuff that is being removed or I know I can watch free with garbage ads or if I went to goodwill with a dollar but still pay for my music and YouTube. I'll get a lot out of my hundred bucks I give them a year and my artists know I appreciate them.

People are really used to free. They forget even their servers have costs even. Piracy should be a hobby or used when you don't have the means because of circumstances beyond your control. Bit an entire fuck everything personality.

[-] CleanDefinition@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, and I'm not against piracy by any means, I pirate every movie I watch despite having Netflix, Disney+, Star+, HBO Max and sometimes Prime. We have all of those because it's easier for my parents but God, Stremio is a lot better than having to find out which platform has the movie I want, and sometimes there's no alternative other than piracy.

As Gabel said, piracy is a service problem, and I think that music streaming services are great and at a fair price, so I don't see the need for pirating music as long as you can afford it.

[-] atomWood@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

This is my main approach to media. Instead of spending money every month on streaming services, I buy the media I care about. If I have to buy it on Amazon, then I pirate my own copy.

[-] Emerald@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

You can just burn CDs if there is no offiical one.

[-] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Are CDs not available for some artists/albums you want?

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago
[-] Zahille7@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Bro WHAT?! $50 for a damn CD? You can still buy packs of like 20 *blank CDs for like $10, right?

Edit: I do mean blanks.

[-] CleanDefinition@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Use Discogs to find and buy used CDs/Vinyls/Cassettes from reputable sellers

[-] AtomicPurple@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

CDs have been making a slow comeback for the past year or two, and global CD sales actually went up last year for the first time in over a decade. If it's anything like the vinyl or cassette resurgence, I imagine it won't be too difficult to find places that sell CDs in a few years.

[-] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Let us not forget how these same publishers used to price gouge us on these CDs before we had any legitimate alternatives. In the '90s, they'd charge $20-$25 for an album with 10 songs on it, most of them filler. With inflation, that'd be equivalent to $40-$50 today.

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