Can you imagine if you needed to subscribe to a different service just to listen to a single band? Hell right you’d be back on the high seas.
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Anamana@feddit.de 10 months agoIt’s funny how we see totally different effects in regards to music. Spotify is so popular here that noone streams or downloads music illegally anymore.
The solution is simple. Cave to the labels in power and be ruthless to anyone else. This way you can have the whole catalogue of music in your app while surviving economically. Until… the enshitification becomes too strong again and we’ll have a piracy revival. Until… a new service pops up… etc
The circle of life under pop culture and capitalism.
Anticorp@lemmy.world 10 months ago
DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online 10 months ago
I really enjoyed “The Strike” when I discovered them on Spotify, but all of a sudden I noticed all their best songs were gone from my playlists and I found out they made specific albums/songs exclusive to their Bandcamp/physical copies, so I bought them off Band Camp.
I’ve always been kinda mixed on that move like, they clearly know which of their songs people really wanted, and decided to paywall them outside of a service I already pay for, which feels bad in principle. But at the same time, I like their music and I agree with them getting paid what they think they’re worth.
I hove no clear cut thoughts or conclusions, but I can totally imagine different bands/artists trying to find the monetization strategy and platform that works for them and leading to bad experiences for consumers.
ardi60@reddthat.com 10 months ago
nah local files with mp3s and sync it with preferred cloud services is the best
bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
Except when the ID3 tags get all messed up and you spend a whole Saturday afternoon fixing your entire library. Granted that’s how I taught myself how to program, so it’s a win/win I guess.
knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Plus I can integrate Tidal with my local collection as if I had downloaded it and combine it all on any device wherever I am with Plexamp
wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
The really stunning thing about music piracy was it was incredibly easy to do, and your entire catalogue could very easily be taken with you in your pocket and to new devices.
It’s a miracle we all decided streaming was worth it, they really did make it a better experience than pirating.
The_v@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I have yet to listen to all the music on my SD card in my phone. I will get around to it eventually.
After that I will test out Spotify.
Anamana@feddit.de 10 months ago
I mean now you don’t even need your device anymore, the data is available from everyone’s device.
Anticorp@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I have an enormous music library on a USB drive in my car. Granted, most of the songs weren’t pirated, they were ripped from thrift store CDs, but you can do the same thing with piracy