Dont worry guys my CD collection is increasing (i extract it onto hard drives too). I'll open a free music museum when all goes to shit.
Honestly, I'm surprised that streaming has gone on this long before we have such enshtification taking place.
I'm basically down to just a single subscription now because the cost outweighs the ease of use and only keep my music streaming service because of work and I don't want to be using self hosting on a company network.
For some reason pirating music libraries is really hard. Probably bc everyone uses Spotify
https://1337x.to/ has been my piracy go-to for years and they've rarely missed.
Hint: Discography is what you're looking for if you want everything the artist made.
Try Usenet
This is why I download all the music I want. I still listen to it primarily on youtube, but it is a 'just in case'. I also never paid for music.
I’m not sure that’s something to be proud of
Artists love you, I'm sure.
I doubt they notice. Most artists either get income directly from fans at concerts, via merch, or through explicit patronage (Bandcamp, Patreon, etc).
The money they get from streaming isn't remotely enough to support a professional career. Streaming is more about promotion - to get you in the door at the next concert or promote a product with a real revenue stream - than actual income.
I did return to my old flac and mp3 collection. Got Foobar working again, found a nice skin and I'm rediscovering music that I that skipped over. I buy second-hand CDs when I find them. I've managed to get a digital copy of all my favourite albums and tracks.
I will keep Spotify though. A long time ago, I got friends to share their Discovery and Release Radar playlists. With my own, I have a nice spread of recommendations.
I need regular new music. Call it a search for unexpected dopamine. Spotify still picks new tracks that I really like. I also like Spotify Connect and the easily shared collaborative playlists.
The UK has less alternatives for music discovery. I don't like Radio, way too much talking and ads.
I've got rid of Netflix, Prime. I'm getting Disney+ for free at the moment. Back to physical for film and TV.
For now, Spotify recommendations is worth the cost of entry.
That reminds me I still need to export my spotify likes and migrate all that out
Some of us aren’t privileged enough to buy hundreds of hours of music.
So what you can indefinitely subscribe though? Try thrift shops, used CD stores, etc if you want to buy.
Try thrift shops, used CD stores, etc if you want to buy.
If you're buying secondhand, that also does nothing for the artists. You might as well just pirate at that point, unless you're deeply into the vinyl scene or something
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Over time the streaming options are almost certainly more expensive.
Personally I am an advocate for piracy, an economic system that requires the enforcement of artificial scarcity is not one I consent to bind me. We need a system that rewards artists without locking culture and art behind a paywall.
The only reason it works the way it does now is that music used to come from physical totems. The internet requires a new and progressive approach to intellectual products.
...are people really paying for a music subscription service to listen to the same music on repeat? I pay a service because I listen to like at least 4 new albums every week, minimum.
this post is just to placate a group of people. i prefer streaming for new music friday. i also don't want another crate or hard drive of shit i lost interest in.
I pay for Apple Music (well, technically I get it as part of Apple One) for one reason: the library matching function. I have half a gig of mp3s on my home computer, many of which are not on any streaming service, and apple makes them all available to every device I own.
For me, thats worth the monthly price.
You can host it yourself without paying apple.
You'd literally be paying yourself back after not much time at all.
I like Plex amp but there are quite a few options.
Wait...that's a peak feature, rare apple W
Me too. However I recognize that many people are content to listen to the same things they enjoyed in high school forever. In which case they definitely do not need streaming
I think the young generation has seen the pattern of clowns generations above them, either relying on ad-radio or Spotify, and have turned to piracy or physical media for this. My BIL recently got into buying CDs from goodwill as a good example. YT video essay I lived through the consumer generation of physical hoarding so Spotifydl is fine for me.
You can just rip it off Spotify.
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