Comment on After announcing increased prices, Spotify to Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less Next Year

IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• RaoulDook@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I still buy everything on CD that I can get from good bands. Nothing beats CD quality and durability. My CDs from 30+ years ago still play just fine except for the few that have too many scratches from abuse.

  After I get a new CD I rip it to high quality MP3 and add it to my personal streaming library.

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  • IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’ve seen quite a few download codes included with vinyl releases that have 24 bit wav/flac files available. Some will even offer 88.2/96kHz files.

    You could argue that the quality difference isn’t detectable between those and an MP3 rip of a CD though.

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• jumjummy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  So instead of having the artists make the small per stream income, you suggest they get $0? Buying their releases/merch/tickets is irrelevant to the platform. If anything, the model of these streaming platforms is just further shifting to advertisement for artists to drive people to shows.

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  • IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    you suggest they get $0?

    They make more from what I suggested than they do from Spotify.

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    • jumjummy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Of course they do, but those suggested options are the same for Spotify users too. I’m not seeing the connection here unless you’re saying Spotify users are less likely to buy merch or tickets. Pirate what you want, but trying to spin the argument this way is just disingenuous.

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      • IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Pirate what you want, but trying to spin the argument this way is just disingenuous.

        I’m not following you. Spotify is notorious for paying out very little to artists, so therefore they don’t deserve my business, fuck 'em.

        Instead I like to support the artists directly.

        As to your second point, I’ve never had a problem discovering new music.

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