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Spotify is going to break every Car Thing gadget it ever sold (www.theverge.com)

submitted 6 months ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 72 points 6 months ago (4 children)

I want the bands to get some money. I buy from bandcamp when musicians are sensible enough to sell on there, or on their sites.

[–] ShunkW@lemmy.world 34 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I wish list stuff until a Bandcamp Friday comes around where artists get all the money. I've stopped buying physical media, so waiting on a digital purchase isn't an issue for me.

[+] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works -12 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Bandcamp was sold off, no point using them going forward.

[–] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 31 points 6 months ago

The site is still the same, you still get your music to download, the band still gets most of the money. 100% still a point in using them.

[–] teamevil@lemmy.world 22 points 6 months ago

Dude Bandcamp had been sold twice and the product has not changed from a user experience and I only use Bandcamp at this point...I will say you NEED to download anything you buy to archive your collection but at the moment Bandcamp still pays bands, still allows unlimited streaming and still amazing.

Do I expect it to remain amazing...nope, but for now it's still amazing.

[–] ShunkW@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago

For now, they still provide DRM free downloads in FLAC. And they still pay the artists on the Fridays. I'll continue using it till they inevitably fuck it up.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I’ve almost never paid a cent for music.

My concert ticket stack is thicc though, and I have SOOOOO MANY hoodies, t-shirts, cups, and random bullshit. I’m not paying for DRM, but you can’t DRM a comfy zip-up!

[–] Asifall@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Don’t give them any ideas

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.social 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Or pirate the music, then send some money in an envelope to the artists themselves.

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 12 points 6 months ago

Or pirate the music, then go to a concert or buy some merch.

[–] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 10 points 6 months ago

Absolutely. Even if you pirate from some, and buy whole albums from a few when you can afford it, you're supporting artists instead of the shareholders of tech goon overlords.

[–] teamevil@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Me too...I'm at 1500+ albums. But I do download them too for when the sad times to come...