Comment on Spotify is finally launching support for lossless music streaming

• Anivia@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Yeah, I’m adding about 500 songs to my spotify library every year. If I paid 1€ for every single one it would be more than 10x the cost of the 3€ per month for a Spotify Family slot

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  • lemmyknow@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You add songs to your library? I have albums/EPs and some playlists, but that’s about it. Wouldn’t mind switching away from Spotify, though.

    I probably would pay for albums, but not sure if I’d pay for singles. Pay to get only one song? I guess it’s a physical mentality. The latest single doesn’t come in vinyl format, after all. If only vinyl wasn’t as expensive and so fragile and requiring work to maintain

    I do listen to a lot of music, though. And many artists as well. Which makes it difficult knowing for sure what I like. When I can listen to pretty much anything at any point in time anywhere, for no additional cost… got many things in my library, not sure if it all stands

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• Dyskolos@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Even if. Still pretty cheap compared to streaming where you pay and never own and it’s always a second away from never accessible anymore for whatever reason.

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  • lemmyknow@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Well, I suppose downloads musn’t be that expensive. Vinyls got me like “darn, that thing pricey, innit?”, and they skip a lot, very fragile, lots of work. I like the vibe, æsthetic, and just… overall exprience, minus all the cleaning work. I’m pondering switching to CDs, honestly. Don’t look as cool as vinyls, don’t come in fancy colourful shine in the dark fancy special versions (unless I’m wrong), no big square with cover image to better see and enjoy. But you can back it into a computer, innit? Less fragile as well. And if I get the right device, I could listen to FM Radio as well. Idk

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    • Dyskolos@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Price depends on bands. Some charge a lot, some charge “what you want to give (at least 1 moneyz though)”. The latter are the best. They don’t extort me so I pay full price willingly. Those that demand fullprice can lick my hairy…u know which 😁

      Tbh, I grew up with vinyl, never liked them. But only because of convenience reasons. Also I’m so ocd that I get nervous after playing it once and knowing it somehow lost quality now due to mechanics. Since CD first came out I was hooked. Convenient, fast and I could quickly choose a song etc. Then came cd-changers… Pure convenience bliss…

      But with my first HD and CDROM I simply digitized every CD I had to FLAC, and now they’re just…a backup stored safe and dry. Yes they lack in quality compared to a good vinyl. Totally. Even SACDs et al can’t really compete with analogue sound.

      So long story short. Can’t beat vinyl for quality if you’re audiophile enough to hear the differences. Me, personally, I’d mostly choose (SA)CDs for ease of use. Also a ripped vinyl with high Bitrate and depth is pretty close to the original yet more comfy 😑

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