Comment on Qobuz reveals how much it really pays per stream, and I want to see more of this transparency to help us spend money more ethically

Dave@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• thatsnothowyoudoit@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  While there are many reasons to dislike (or outright avoid) Apple - if you purchase music from them, it’s DRM-free and useable anywhere.

  I believe they were one of the first official channels to do this.

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  • suicidaleggroll@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    While true, and I have a lot of DRM-free music that I’ve bought from Apple, the difference is that getting music purchased from Apple onto your computer in a usable format is a bit of a pain, and it’s all lossy. Music from Qobuz can be downloaded directly from their site after purchasing, in lossless FLAC format, and many of their albums are available in high-res 24-bit and/or 96 kHz format as well.

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  • Madbrad200@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Apple Music in its current form is basically a direct evolution out of iTunes. It’s a very old feature.

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  • Dave@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I know Apple has a music store. But if I use Android and Linux, how do I access it?

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    • yeather@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Android phones with access to the google play store can download Apple Music, which then has DRM free music you can buy, then you can transfer to your Linux computer.

      Alternatively there is an Apple Music website I believe that has direct downloads to computers, I don’t know if it supports Linux files though.

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      • Dave@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Ah interesting, I didn’t realise Apple Music was available on Android.

        For the life of me I cannot find an Apple Music website that lets you buy and download songs. I keep getting directed to download iTunes.

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• claymore@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I feel I should mention Bandcamp, which gives 70% of a sale directly to the artist. In the music world that’s a lot. All DRM free and in most audio formats you could want. My process when buying music is usually: bandcamp > qobuz (or similar) > if all else fails… use other means. I’ll also skip step one and two depending on the artist :p

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  • Dave@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah Bandcamp is great. They also do Bandcamp Friday events where all the revenue goes to the artist.

    The problem is it’s really hard to find any mainstream bands on there. Presumably most of them sign away those rights when they get a label.

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    • claymore@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, really depends on what kind of music you listen to. I guess I’m lucky in that regard, since most artists I listen to have their music on BC ^^

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  • cows_are_underrated@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Bandcamp is great. Especially the genres I like to listen too are usually on there. Only minor inconvenience is, that the mobile app doesn’t allow you to download the tracks in a way, so you can play them in another music player.

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    • claymore@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If you really need to download the music on your phone you could use the website. I just organise everything on my PC then copy the files over… But I agree that it would be nice to have DRM free downloads on the app

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