I have got to admit I canned Spotify subs years ago - but how are they managing to grow their subscriber base whn it is now going to be £11.99 in the UK? That is way, way too high for what it offers…

https://www.gbnews.com/tech/spotify-price-rise

  • chaosCruiser@futurology.todayEnglish
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    16 days ago

    I guess some people are, as long as it’s a good balance of convenience and price. Ages ago, Napster, Kazaa and DC++ were considered more convenient than buying music. I guess torrents are used for that these days.

    • dan@upvote.auEnglish
      3·
      16 days ago

      There’s a P2P app from the same era as KaZaA, originally released the same year (2001), that’s still in active use today: Soulseek. It’s a great way to find obscure music, some of which isn’t on streaming services and is extremely difficult to obtain otherwise.

      Usenet is good for less popular stuff too. Torrents die once the last seed is gone, but some Usenet providers have over 10 years retention, and you always get full speeds over an encrypted connection with no uploading required.

      Edit: Support artists where possible, but sometimes there’s music that’s impossible to find, and that’s when these services come in handy.

        • 3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.comOPEnglish
          0·
          16 days ago

          now I don’t want to be that person but I’d like to give artists some money somehow. Like I dislike AI as it rips people off - there is a (difficult) middle line to tread

          • dan@upvote.auEnglish
            1·
            16 days ago

            The problem is there’s some 90s albums I can’t find anywhere - not on Discogs, not on eBay, not on Marketplace. The record labels are usually long gone. But they’re on Soulseek. I’m not sure what else to do to get them.

            There’s also things like DJ sets/mixes that were never sold, only ever distributed online for free.

    • Master@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      15 days ago

      I work a desk job. I cant put pirated music on my work computer or ill get fired. Only real option is a pay service.

      • chaosCruiser@futurology.todayEnglish
        1·
        15 days ago

        I don’t like to bring my personal stuff on my work computer, but I can use my phone for all that stuff instead. You could use a BT speaker to blast pirate metal in the office.