| ▲ | sailfast 3 days ago |
| Sure, but that’s piracy. Kinda like saying Winamp is alternative to Spotify. The music is kinda the most important thing. |
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| ▲ | bhaney 3 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| > Sure, but that’s piracy You got me there > Kinda like saying Winamp is alternative to Spotify No, it's really not like saying that. I was responding to a post lamenting the difficulty of acquiring the files for the music they've already discovered on Spotify, and I brought up a music file acquisition system that pulls from what they've discovered on Spotify. That's different than comparing a local player to a discovery system. |
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| ▲ | sussmannbaka 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| If you feel bad, buy a single song of each artist afterwards and you have given them vastly more money than listening to them on Spotify will ever generate. |
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| ▲ | mystifyingpoi 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | | You can give them even more by skipping the silly part of buying a song you'll never listen to on the platform which takes majority of that money, and just transfer them $1 by paypal or whatever they like to use. | | |
| ▲ | sussmannbaka 3 days ago | parent [-] | | yeah I’ll skip that part and then spend the next 2 hours to find the payment details of my favorite band, sure | | |
| ▲ | mystifyingpoi 2 days ago | parent [-] | | I know you are hyperbolic, but finding the band on Facebook and sending a quick message takes a minute max? Especially for your "favorite band". I always deter people from buying CDs of local bands, the band will see a tiny fraction of that price in their pockets. Just walk up to the bandleader after concert and give them $5. |
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| ▲ | anthonypz 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | It’s sad but true. What I like to do is use the credits I earn from choosing slower Amazon deliveries to purchase single songs on Amazon music. Sometimes I don’t even download the song. |
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| ▲ | bee_rider 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| It is really just unauthorized copying. No boats were boarded, nobody was murdered. |
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| ▲ | KeplerBoy 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| That's the premise of this whole thread. Nobody is going to buy albums on itunes to self host them. The ergonomics and economics just don't work out. |
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| ▲ | npodbielski 2 days ago | parent [-] | | I try to do that. Sadly this is sometimes very hard. I often fine myself in situation when I can't buy album I like. It is nowhere to be found. Sometimes I can't even pirate it because this so niche. |
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