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#I have no music streaming service
cl0ckworkpuppet · 3 months
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time for my monthly mp3 player propaganda post!
yall. don't fucking stream music off of youtube or spotify. they pay their creators shit. the most generous estimate i could find was artists being paid $1 for every 200 streams (0.5¢ per stream), and unless you're listening to songs on an album thousands times in total, it helps tremendously more to just. buy their albums or subscribe to a patreon-like service for them
mp3 players are laughably inexpensive (you can get a decent one with bluetooth for like $40-50 and you can get away with even less if you forego some features), many of them are drag-and-drop, no ads, decent enough sound quality for the average person, unlimited skips, track selection, regular play and shuffle, playlists, being able to shut off your screen, and more importantly, ALL OF THIS IS AVAILABLE WITHOUT A SUBSCRIPTION. i've always been an avid hater of subscription models. there are some things where it's understandable, but you shouldn't lose access to basic QOL features just because you can't or won't fork over $10-15 a month.
"b-b-but $50 is so expensive!" WRONG. $50 (which is more than i've EVER spend on a single mp3 player) is the equivalent to 5 months on spotify premium without discounts. if you can afford that, it's worth investing into a device that can last you literal years if you get a good one and take good care of it
"but i don't wanna carry around another device!" fair enough, but these things are small enough to fit in tiny pockets (mine fits snugly in the watch pocket of my jeans) and are typically light enough to not be burdensome. if you can carry around your phone, you can carry around an mp3 player
"what if people think i'm weird for having outdated technology" let them. it's worth it in my opinion if it means i get to listen to music ad-free. the most I've ever gotten was "wooooah bro's got the dinosaur tech" and i just thought that was funny personally
"but what if the artist collapses without a constant stream of money!!! i'm not supporting the artist!!!!!" companies try to pay as little as they can get away with to artists. most of that money goes to the CEO and other higher-ups.
"but piracy is bad!" Piracy is a Crime. However, downloading youtube videos/audio for your own PERSONAL, NON-COMMERCIAL USE and NOT REDISTRIBUTING THEM is legal (generally, in the US, check your laws, i am not a lawyer, not legal advice, blah blah blah). besides, i never said you had to pirate your music. in fact, i encourage you to buy the albums of and support your favourite artists in other ways. some artists might even provide links for people to download their songs for free in high quality anyway
not gonna link products just in case someone thinks i'm a shill. but literally just look up "mp3 player" on your search engine or shopping site of choice and find something that doesn't look like it'll fall apart if you breathe on it too hard
seriously guys. if you listen to music more than like a few hours a week, and you don't get all of your music from livestreams or radios (although mine can connect to AM/FM radio), consider investing in an mp3 player. i tried out using one regularly in fall of 2021, and I haven't looked back. don't let companies drain subscription money from you
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why-the-heck-not · 2 months
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any app that automatically stops ur music when u open it < actual literal garbage
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butchviking · 4 months
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the thing is it is all like one giant ad campaign. you are all trying to sell spotify. it's framed itself as an Experience and everyone wants to be a part of it. and it doesnt even have remember the laughter
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nereb-and-dungalef · 11 months
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ok but imagine if spotify or youtube had a function where you could like. just. buy your playlists to download as mp3s (fully organized in a zipped folder) and most of the money went to the artists?
ok but imagine if spotify or youtube had a function where you could buy mp3s and the money went to the artists
ok but imagine if money went to artists
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no-brand-gays · 4 months
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checked my computer storage today and it said i had 17 gigs of files in the apple TV app and i was like wtf when have i ever used apple tv. so i open the app. it's just the 5-hour-long satrips of both day 1 and 2 of µ's final love live
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wickedhawtwexler · 1 month
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ok no more goofing off and watching tv, i really need to get back on the job app grind today. i WILL apply to three (3) jobs today, no more procrastinating 😤
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melloneah · 1 month
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idk how ill survive the next 6 months juggling the blorbo wips, the ep im working on and my fucking bachelor thesis 💀
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emptyemptycorners · 4 months
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ok idk no offense but how do people expect you to know every single artist that exists though. i do not have spotify, im not even on instagram much these days (despite having made an account specifically for following music artists) and i usually just listen to the same 10 artists i've listened to for the last 10 years on repeat
there is a LOT of fantastic music thats even been around for a long time that i havent heard of... that doesn't mean i automatically don't like it i just live under a rock ok
#random#music#when do people even have the time to listen to so much music#i have soooooooooo much music i already like !!!!!! i dont always have the energy for constantly discovering new stuff like i did in middle#school#like i just cant#i dont even keep up with all the new releases of artists i already like bc i want to purchase the music and that costs money#i dont use streaming services bc i would rather spend money on CDs bc i collect them#which means sometimes my music taste for the month (if its not just the usuals) is limited to whatever i found at the store that month#like the other day i went to a record exchange in another state+town while visiting family#and i got Front Line Assembly VNV Nation and Pale Saints. nothing new lmao#bc i've been wanting those for a long time but they never show up at stores and i usually buy new releases or japanese albums online#which is more expensive#so i wait til i get a really great find at a store like a thrift or a half price books to get stuff like that#and also#i dont really go looking for new releases as much anymore#its too overwhelming#so i just listen to stuff that pops up in my instagram feed#and sometimes it still takes me months after discovering them to finally getting around to listening to them#and even then if i buy their music it usually goes into its appropriate seasonal playlist#unless i get hyperfixated on it i dont usually go on a big listening spree of just that artist for more than like 2 weeks#so like. yeah#like i love Magnolia Park i recently discovered them earlier in the year#but they went on my pop punk playlist#i dont really listen to them when my brain is heavily in the mood for 2011 KOTOKO and nothing else lmao#when do yall have so much time to listen to sooo much new releases as well as all the other stuff you already like#i have some CDs i havent listened to in a few YEARS bc im listening to other stuff#yall have time for all this music AND playlists???? AND FOR KEEPING UP WITH THE NEWEST NETFLIX/DISNEY/WHATEVER RELEASES???????#i dont even work and i dont have time for all this 💀💀💀#im sure most of the reason is burnout but like ajfjshdjzjdhd
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icarusrex · 1 month
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I’m going back to Spotify if they keep this up.
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name-that-isnt · 1 year
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If all vaati enthusiasts came together to make one collective playlist for him, how fast do u think it would become ooc?
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ziprasidones · 8 months
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look i know were all into physical media and anti spotify but genuinely what do you suggest. do you want me to use multiple gigs of storage on my phone for the thousands of songs i have saved? im not going to use multiple apps like bandcamp and something else. i want all my music in one place. i am not going to carry around a fucking cd player. like can we be realistic about solutions for a sec or are we just gonna say "music streaming bad dont do it" and offer nothing as an alternative that works as well and as cohesively lol
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moshpitpuppyx · 6 months
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i think we just need to re-teach kids about pirating music
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bangers2 · 25 days
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E_DEATH - Ascension
from Cloud Spires (2022)
[instrumental]
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t3r4t0m4 · 29 days
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Alright, I think I've added enough songs to this to finally feel satisfied to share it:
Ole Munch character playlist YIPPEE
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bmpmp3 · 2 months
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What MIGHT help is that early on in Amazon's MP3 distribution, there were a BUNCH of MP3s you could get for free - like remixes and covers, for example. (Was how I got my fav version of "like a prayer"). I don't know if there's any archive of these MP3s, but this was about in 2005 / 2006, so it's entirely possible that Jessiecola2, having at least enough savvy to make an AMV, might've known about it, too.
oooh thats really interesting! this like, early early age of digital only music is fascinating, especially with how much of it just vanishes. I'll see if i can find any more information about it!!
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ninefoldrin · 2 months
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Oh hell yeah! If you cancel your Amazon Prime subscription early, Amazon gives YOU money. You can either keep your sub until the next billing cycle, or you can get a REFUND and Amazon gives you fucking MONEY!!! This bitch just got $36! Suck it, Bezos! Fuck your ads! I didn't even use Prime Video much anyway.
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