Fuck streaming. Pirate all the things!

Qobuz is awesome and still 100% french. Also the platform which pays artists better then spotify

None of the online music streamers are ethical. Every single one, to varying degrees, robs the artists and enriches their CEO's and shareholders.

Do the ethical thing.

Don't use them, and instead, use a Youtube-to-MP3 converter and steal the music.

you guys need to understand that there are no goodguy rich folk

I am buying music as much as I can, and build my own streaming service with Jellyfin. To this day, Bandcamp is were you can find the most music for purchase but not all artists are there. Often, I don't find any place to purchase albums from artists, then I pirate as a last resort, sorry for that. I'll go to the concerts when I get the chance, to make up for it.

Since we are on this topic I would incentivise everyone to take a look at resonate.

They are, AFAIK, the only music streaming service where artists, workers and listeners are owners (aka it's a cooperative)

Uuuugh shit, I liked Deezer. :(

Ok, so, Qobuz then?

Edit tired of jumping ship all the time. Going to try going back to local rips and jellyfin server.

I've been buying mostly mostly from Bandcamp. It's worked out well. I have a big library, and the people making music got paid.

Please just tell me that Qobuz is fine. My last straw before going back to piracy.

I've been on Tidal for some time but noticed that Qobuz has released a connect service that seems to work like Sp*tify Connect so that you can remote control one instance from another. Like, playing music on computer connected to amp can be controlled through the phone.

I'd appreciate if somebody using Qobuz could confirm?

Blavatnik was a member of a WhatsApp group chat that existed from November 2023 until early May 2024 involving some of the United States' most powerful business leaders with the stated goals of "chang[ing] the narrative" in favor of Israel and "help[ing] win the war" on U.S. public opinion following Hamas's October 7th attack on Israel.

Ah, every single rich person. So predictable at this point it's like a Tinder profile. It's what most billionaires are and what most right-wing idiots want to become.

50m (I just spent 50 million dollars for a party for rich people)

Likes: Tyranny, Autocrats, Colonialism, Wealth Gaps, Kids (Yeah like that 😉), Abrahamic Religions, Unobstructed Hypercapitalism

Dislikes: Unions, Social Progress, Clean Air & Water (except for me lol duh), Equality, Regulation, The EU, "Other Races"

Never used it because of the stupid name, which happens a lot, figures though. I'll stick with Bandcamp.

As a music artist and software engineer, I wish more self hosted options were accessible. I’ve tried and stopped a few times to build an open source platform like that but there’s always some kind of software knowledge needed, whether it be just for deploying. Faircamp is a really neat project, but it’s not really accessible to most artists. Till then I think Bandcamp is the best option.

For me personally, I’m no longer planning to release music to most of the streaming services. It’ll be either sold directly on my website using Stripe for payments or via Bandcamp.

There are ways import downloaded music to local libraries on apps like Spotify which helps a bit. But still an inconvenience for the average fan of music that just wants to search or discover and hit play.