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.
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chaosCruiser@futurology.today 1 day 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.
dan@upvote.au 1 day ago
Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Do I need an invite for usenet?
3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com 1 day 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 day 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 15 hours 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.
Master@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
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.
chaosCruiser@futurology.today 3 hours 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.