Sooo, Qobuz?
Your subscription costs as much as a CD and a half each month.
Go buy your music and host a jellyfin instance, stop paying these fuckin scammers
Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
thefluffiest@feddit.nl 4 weeks ago
Yes. They’re pretty good
nothingcorporate@lemmy.today 17 hours ago
Qobuz
For anyone checking this thread in the future. Qobuz does seem to be the only one not owned by demons. Deezer’s owner was personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his support of the invasion, Spotify pays artists incredibly poorly (and is partially owned by Tencent and Black Rock), Tidal’s largest shareholders are investment banks and Black Rock, and Napster is owned in-part by Live Nation.
Ugh.
dudesss@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Qobuz sells music as well. It’s not just for streaming. High quality downloadable FLAC audio too.
Nico_198X@europe.pub 4 weeks ago
I would need to buy a lot of CDs at this point and I’m not doing that anymore.
I don’t think they are all scammers. It is convenient.
But maybe it is time to just go back to the 80s and make mixtapes off if the radio.
LeFrog@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
It also kind of forces you to consume music in a more focused way. Instead of cycling through hundreds of songs in a few minutes you are forced to preselect what you really want to hear. Which has both its pros and cons, but I enjoy the “slow pace” when discovering new songs.
teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
This is how the music industry is screwing artists.
Think about it. Hollywood is union, which ensures money and jobs make it down to every blue collar worker involved in every Netflix-funded project. But music isn’t union, there’s just a bunch of random bands, and middlemen who will gladly take everything. The record labels and streaming services turn a profit, pay their execs, and get away with sending fractions of a cent per play to the artists. Most artists don’t post to streaming services for the money, they do it just for the convenience of fans.
Giving money directly to an artist in exchange for their tracks or merch (CDs, Vinyls, etc) is the best way to fund an artist. Bandcamp is another middleman that enables this, but at least they have Bandcamp Fridays periodically, which is where they waive their cut and give the bulk of your payment directly to the artist.
IMO buying tracks on Bandcamp Friday + self-hosting Plex/Jellyfin + using Plexamp/Finamp on mobile is the best way to support music right now, and also future proofs your library.
Nico_198X@europe.pub 4 weeks ago
Bandcamp Friday this Friday!
Time to buy everything from Gunship! XD