Comment on Spotifies come and Spotifies go, but that folder of badly-sorted MP3s will still be there in the 2050s.

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• tired_n_bored@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I download music from YouTube. Are the “completely legal avenues” better than that? In that case can you provide links in DM so I make sure to block these domains and to promptly inform the authorities? Thank you.

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  • DarkSirrush@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Slskd is something that you should never consider using

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• kadup@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I have a happy middle ground:

  I pay for Tidal’s student subscription. I leverage the fact Tidal streams FLAC files that can be decrypted by your account to build my local collection.

  So I never actually stream or use their app, but technically am paying for the downloads.

  I tried buying FLACs from companies that actually wanted to sell FLACs but they have ridiculously bad catalogues.

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  • PraiseTheSoup@midwest.social ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The files downloaded this way are usable offline? Is there some utility you are using to do this? I am very interested.

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    • kadup@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yep, they’re regular FLAC files with tagged metadata.

      You can use them as normal. Copy to another device, to an iPod, use them on a video editor, send to a friend.

      This has been going on for ages, Tidal never patched it, so I think they quietly are okay with it because not many users do it anyway and at least you’re paying for the service.

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  • SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    any links for more info?

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    • null@lemmy.nullspace.lol ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Look up soulseek

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    • kadup@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I think any links would violate Lemmy.world’s policies.

      But a quick search for “Tidal downloaded” will give you several options.

      Basically when Tidal streams to specific devices they basically upload an encrypted FLAC to an AWS host and the device downloads the file and uses your account as the key.

      So people create apps that do all that, but instead of simply streaming the FLAC, they download and save it.

      The great part is you get album art, live lyrics, high resolution audio, an organized and properly tagged library with zero work. The output FLACs are regular files - no DRM or weirdness, I use them on a MP3 player.

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      • SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        i gave it a cursory duckduckgo! everything looked a couple years old. I’ll keep digging.

        i wouldn’t mind a dm! if you’ve the time.

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