▲ 131 ▼ The Lost Joy of Music Piracy (www.pigeonsandplanes.com) submitted 1 week ago by cm0002@suppo.fi to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Aceofspades@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago (2 children) Bandcamp is great. I buy albums on Bandcamp when I can. Too many artists are not on there though, or only have older albums available. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 6 points 1 week ago I use qobuz for stuff that is not on bandcamp, big enough to be part of standard distribution, but also let's you buy and download lossless. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Kissaki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 child) What I dislike about Bandcamp is that the music you bought can disappear from your Bandcamp library/account. There's still a need to download everything and make sure you have backups, etc. "Buy to own", but only as far as you download it. I was surprised when I learned they can disappear, and indeed had it happen to me. It also means you have to track what you bought differently. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aceofspades@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 week ago Interesting. I have yet to lose anything from my library on Bandcamp but that would piss me off if it happened. I do download and backup my purchases though. I download in both FLAC and mp3 320 formats so I have my bases covered just in case. It is annoying to keep my purchases separate though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 6 points 1 week ago I use qobuz for stuff that is not on bandcamp, big enough to be part of standard distribution, but also let's you buy and download lossless. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kissaki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 child) What I dislike about Bandcamp is that the music you bought can disappear from your Bandcamp library/account. There's still a need to download everything and make sure you have backups, etc. "Buy to own", but only as far as you download it. I was surprised when I learned they can disappear, and indeed had it happen to me. It also means you have to track what you bought differently. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aceofspades@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 week ago Interesting. I have yet to lose anything from my library on Bandcamp but that would piss me off if it happened. I do download and backup my purchases though. I download in both FLAC and mp3 320 formats so I have my bases covered just in case. It is annoying to keep my purchases separate though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aceofspades@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 week ago Interesting. I have yet to lose anything from my library on Bandcamp but that would piss me off if it happened. I do download and backup my purchases though. I download in both FLAC and mp3 320 formats so I have my bases covered just in case. It is annoying to keep my purchases separate though. permalink fedilink source parent