• Dyno [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    It's mainly a habit from the days of when you had to get CDs if you wanted music - I would rip them so that even if I lost the cd or it broke I'd have the songs still, and I don't have to pay anything further.
    I really don't like "life as a service" in general. I will still buy music in any way that benefits the artist, like if they put it up themselves for digital download, and I can listen to it whenever without having to pay a middleman a subscription fee.
    I use spotify free when it's necessary - when I was in a band, we put together a playlist of songs we wanted to cover that we could quickly reference, but I would tend to just play songs off said playlist on youtube where my adblocker covers any ads

    • mar_k [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      we put together a playlist of songs we wanted to cover that we could quickly reference, but I would tend to just play songs off said playlist on youtube where my adblocker covers any ads

      In like 2019 I had the free version of spotify and I think my adblocker blocked ads on the web player

      Also, I find spotify's algorithm makes it easier to find new stuff and go down rabbitholes through discover weekly, song radios, enhancing playlists, etc.

      • Dyno [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        For some reason unknown to me, at some point I stopped using the web app in favour of the desktop one - I should just go back to it lol.
        I don't tend to stay up to date with music; rather, every couple of years I spend a full day chasing up all my favourite bands and checking out new ones and just downloading music in one big batch.
        In a nutshell - this is my ethos on services:

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        • mar_k [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          Oh god this is making me feel guilty for paying for nintendo switch online, I just like all the old games it has to offer