I work a desk job. I can put pirated music on my work computer or ill get fired. Only real option is a pay service.
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chaosCruiser@futurology.today 1 month agoI guess some people are, as long as it’s a good balance of convenience and price. Ages ago, Napster, Kazaa and DC++ were considered more convenient than buying music. I guess torrents are used for that these days.
Master@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
chaosCruiser@futurology.today 1 month ago
I don’t like to bring my personal stuff on my work computer, but I can use my phone for all that stuff instead. You could use a BT speaker to blast pirate metal in the office.
Master@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I thought about using my phone but I dont have unlimited data on my phone. I also dont have unlimited data at home so id run my phone and internet down faster. Phone is the real issue as its not much cell data at all per month.
chaosCruiser@futurology.today 1 month ago
An offline solution exists too, but then you would need to sync a few gigabytes of mp3 files on your phone. Not quite as convenient, but at least it wouldn’t use any mobile data. Actually, it’s still a whole lot nicer than dragging a CD player and a few discs with you. If you’re into retro, you totally can get CDs too…
dan@upvote.au 1 month ago
One of the 2000s P2P networks still exists today, and still has a pretty decent-sized community using it: Soulseek. It was released a month after KaZaA.
Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Do I need an invite for usenet?
3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com 1 month ago
now I don’t want to be that person but I’d like to give artists some money somehow. Like I dislike AI as it rips people off - there is a (difficult) middle line to tread
dan@upvote.au 1 month ago
The problem is there’s some 90s albums I can’t find anywhere - not on Discogs, not on eBay. But they’re on Soulseek. I’m not sure what else to do.
Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I buy merch or direct where I can. I generally pirate older stuff or stuff I would not pay for or cannot find anywhere. I got a rip of dogma and I wll buy the4k to encourage a sequel.