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Welcome to the era of only Spotify Plays matter - let's take a look at the underbelly of streaming scams affecting independent artists.

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[–] cosmo@lemmy.world 30 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

When I discovered that it was possible to buy and download drm free lossless flac-files i went back to buying music again. Never looked back tbh.

[–] Localhorst86@feddit.org 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

honestly, most of my CDs have been used once: Put in a PC and ripped (to 96kbps MP3s, of course!)

[–] maccentric@sh.itjust.works 2 points 18 minutes ago (1 children)

That bitrate seems low? I always thought 160-192kbps was the floor for a decent sounding rip, but it’s been over a decade since I’ve even had a CD so maybe things are different now

[–] remon@ani.social 1 points 15 minutes ago

Yeah, that's low. I don't bother with anything below 320 kbps.

[–] UnbrokenTaco@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago (3 children)
[–] cosmo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Qobuz. And sometimes bandcamp

[–] Eranziel@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

Dunno about the user you asked, but I've used Bandcamp for that.

[–] qwank@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)
[–] cosmo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago
[–] UnbrokenTaco@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Oh, I thought that was only indie artists