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To me the strength is the ability to buy the music files directly without hurdles and without being trapped in something like iTunes
by rdn 3y ago
To me the strength is the ability to buy the music files directly without hurdles and without being trapped in something like iTunes
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- jjulius 3y ago"Was"?
- nusl 3y agoStill possible but the company itself is being sold and resold, now in the hands of an actor that seems to conflict with its mission, unless I am mistaken
- jjulius 3y agoHardcore Bandcamp user here - it's been sold, but other than layoffs, the user experience has remained essentially exactly the same. Especially with regards to OP's point about buying the files directly without hurdles. Songtradr has yet to announce any future changes to the platform as well. For all intents and purposes, it's the same as it ever was. Hence my confusion over the use of the word "was".
- nusl 3y agoLet's hope that it continues to be so, and that there aren't internal changes ongoing to impact this
- de_nied 3y agoDoesn't everyone just rip now with youtube-dl/yt-dlp?
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- httpsterio 3y agocan't get flacs from YouTube and some people also want to support the artists.
- bratwurst3000 3y agoCan get flac from tidal or qobuz. I buy vinyls and go to concerts. That’s how I support musicians. Bandcamp is very nice imho
- geden 3y agoAnd buy vinyl, CDs and t-shirts etc.
- tmiku 3y agoI always thought audio quality was something for snobs, but recently my car's aux input died and I burned a few CDs with yt-dlp rips and I get it now. Youtube's 128kbps makes me wince on some of the quieter recordings, even compared to my previous setup of Spotify over a lackluster LTE connection.
- letitbeirie 3y agoI managed to collect a rather massive digital music collection when p2p was en vogue. I still listen to it every day because it's highly curated and has tracks unavailable on any service, but quality-wise it definitely feels like I'm plumbing the depths of a DVD collection when everyone else is watching Netflix.
- tmiku 3y agoYeah, I used to do a lot of p2p too, I miss it. I used it heavily in HS but fell to the convenience of Spotify in college. It was really a shame when what.cd went down, that was arguably the most complete archive of recorded music anywhere.