• Sentient Loom@sh.itjust.works
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      5 months ago

      I want the bands to get some money. I buy from bandcamp when musicians are sensible enough to sell on there, or on their sites.

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        I wish list stuff until a Bandcamp Friday comes around where artists get all the money. I’ve stopped buying physical media, so waiting on a digital purchase isn’t an issue for me.

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            5 months ago

            The site is still the same, you still get your music to download, the band still gets most of the money. 100% still a point in using them.

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            Dude Bandcamp had been sold twice and the product has not changed from a user experience and I only use Bandcamp at this point…I will say you NEED to download anything you buy to archive your collection but at the moment Bandcamp still pays bands, still allows unlimited streaming and still amazing.

            Do I expect it to remain amazing…nope, but for now it’s still amazing.

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            5 months ago

            For now, they still provide DRM free downloads in FLAC. And they still pay the artists on the Fridays. I’ll continue using it till they inevitably fuck it up.

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        I’ve almost never paid a cent for music.

        My concert ticket stack is thicc though, and I have SOOOOO MANY hoodies, t-shirts, cups, and random bullshit. I’m not paying for DRM, but you can’t DRM a comfy zip-up!

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          Absolutely. Even if you pirate from some, and buy whole albums from a few when you can afford it, you’re supporting artists instead of the shareholders of tech goon overlords.

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        5 months ago

        Me too…I’m at 1500+ albums. But I do download them too for when the sad times to come…

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      5 months ago

      What.cd

      I’m so glad nothing has replaced what.cd yet…

      If there was though, what do you think it would be called? I would like to avoid it at all costs and continue to buy subscriptions