You’re mostly supporting the industry that told your favorite artists to kill themselves once they’re not profitable anymore. Why do you think they keep blowing thelself up? The music industry is inherently exploitative.
Not to even mention all the corruption (payolas) going on.
Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 18 hours ago
I have honestly no clue what you mean. Could you explain?
Which is why I’m actively searching for the best possible options.
When I learned that Spotify is fleecing artists, I moved to Tidal.
Then I learned about the French Qobuz, which pays artists even more, and I switched.
I support artists on Bandcamp. I buy physical CDs and will soon fire up a vinyl collection.
I’m aware that 100% of the money I spent on art doesn’t go to the artist, but even if it’s 10%, it’s going to be 100% more than if I resorted to piracy.
Supporting piracy to show corpos the finger is the equivalent of stealing CDs from a music store, because the store price includes the store’s margin, transport costs, manufacturing costs, and only a (relatively) small percentage goes to the artists.
yesukwunt@thelemmy.club 7 hours ago
Ah yes you wouldn’t download a carp