Is Soundcloud a good service that I should pay for if I have the money ? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 11 months ago by zaknenou@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Just asking what everyone thinks of the platform. I rarely listen to music, but it seems like spotify but community edition.
There are paid features but I don't seem to need them (Desktop only user), no DRM protection so I can download if I want, site is not heavy on my humble resources.

This post is just asking if Soundcloud is something I should talk positively about. Moral compass in the high seas.

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[-] Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 30 points 11 months ago

I've never used Bandcamp, but that is like the only place I would consider giving money to. On Friday's all profits go directly to the creators themselves, and you own the music. Idk if they use DRM, but they have several audio/encoding options.

Like others said, if you're gonna pirate, then pirate, but if you do wanna give people money then Bandcamp is best. Especially since you're not streaming music when pirating (or at least not from a public service)

[-] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 11 months ago

There’s no drm on band camp

[-] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 11 months ago

Bingo. I bought an album on Bandcamp and dropped it right into my Plex server.

[-] TwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 11 months ago

Its only a few Fridays each year when bandcamp doesnt take their cut, but I try to only buy albums there on those days.

[-] realitista@piefed.world 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

If you're using something like Bandcamp, the artists are already getting thousands of times the money you are giving them from listening on Spotify, I think it's good enough. Even iTunes is thousands of times better.

[-] WarmApplePieShrek@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 11 months ago

And the Bandcamp team deserves their cut for making that happen.

Unlike the Spotify team.

[-] AppearanceBoring9229@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

That's right, a friend told me that he gets a lot more from a single purchase on bandcamp, that from spotify

[-] Ilandar@lemmy.today 5 points 11 months ago

Spotify earnings are abysmal for anyone other than the biggest artists. Here's a couple of musicians discussing it.

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