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• stray@pawb.social ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  In addition to what else they said, (depending on the service) you can just download an actual music file and copy it onto as many drives as you like, almost like you own it or something. This is how video and games should work also, especially with regard to lack of exclusivity.

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  • Jhex@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What are you talking about? I have had YouTube Music, Spotify and Deezer… none allow you to download music you can copy elsewhere.

    YouTube Music allows you to dowload the song you uploaded to it (but you already owned all that so they are not giving you any favours) and the rest allow to download encrypted, DRM protected files which you can only play on their apps… certainly not copy them to as many drives as we like

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    • stray@pawb.social ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You can buy DRM-free music files from various services including Bandcamp, Amazon, and iTunes.

      As far as I know, the three you mentioned are streaming services only with no option for purchase.

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      • Jhex@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Bandcamp, yes (I think)… Amazon or iTunes, no. There are guides on how to remove them but you are “pirating” as per their worthless rules

        As far as I know, the three you mentioned are streaming services only with no option for purchase.

        Yes, and streaming services is what I thought we were talking about

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• aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  it means that there’s none of this “exclusive” shit. You sign up to a platform based on the features of the software and other reasons like how much they pay artists, not by what content they host. It’s the same on every platform. Plus it’s a lot easier to manage on a paid platform than it is to download music. You get a world of content for a relatively small price.

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  • Jhex@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s the same on every platform.

    It’s definitely not, there are differences… but I see what you were referring to here.

    I would still not say they “did it well” because streaming is literally killing the music industry and the artists are getting shafted hard by them. However, I understand your comment about not going for exclusivity (for the most part)

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