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submitted 1 day ago by BentiGorlich@gehirneimer.de to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Welcome to the era of only Spotify Plays matter - let's take a look at the underbelly of streaming scams affecting independent artists.

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[–] mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (3 children)

Nah bro, device storage is cheap nowadays. CD readers/burners to USB are also cheap. Just buy music and put it on your device of choice.

[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 1 points 18 minutes ago* (last edited 17 minutes ago)

Why would you not stream that to yourself? No need to buy additional hardware to get in the way.

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 1 points 31 minutes ago

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 hour ago

You can also just buy digital downloads from sites like Bandcamp and Quobuz, and even iTunes if you click past the Apple Music streaming part.