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Spotify to distinguish AI artists from real people and block them from some playlists
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2026
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I just bought from Bandcamp last Friday cause it was a special day where all proceeds go straight to the artist. I made a neat little list of artists I wanted to look for on there, and most were on Bandcamp. Of the ones that weren't I think it was mostly because they're Japanese, so there's probably some other platform that they sell digital albums on rather than Bandcamp (Discogs was one of them).
You can download your music in multiple formats. The only thing that sucks is you have to download each album individually as far as I know. Some artists offer their entire discography in a bundle that's cheaper than individually buying each album, but do check if some of those songs aren't available for download anymore.
For me, I care most about having a working product and ethically consuming music as much as I can (afford lol), so the downloads and stuff is just quality of life things for me. I'm happy with my purchases and eagerly planning out a list of my next choices for September's Bandcamp Friday.
Also you can apparently stream on Bandcamp but i just selfhost a Navidrome and use that.