@nostupidquestions When purchasing Music (£0.99 each) how many plays would you say made the purchase ‘worth it’?

  • SamXavia@southampton.socialOP
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    3 months ago

    iTunes is DRM free, you can easily move the MP3 files to any device (even ones that have never had iCloud access).

    I don’t buy physical as I would wear it out playing the only track I would want to listen to on the album (as often it’s only 1-2 songs I am actually interested in.

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      3 months ago

      So why not just pirate it? When you buy digital music, only a miniscule fraction actually goes to the artist.

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        3 months ago

        Often Pirating can come with not only risk but also can be not the best quality out there, the easiest pirating method I know of getting music is finding the song on YouTube and that is defo not studio quality.

        I know not much will go to the artist but this is the best I can do without the money or ability to go to there shows and not enjoying Streaming Services.

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          3 months ago

          the easiest pirating method I know of getting music is finding the song on YouTube and that is defo not studio quality.

          That’s the worst possible way to do it. You might as well try to hook up a tape recorder to the radio like my dad used to.

          There is literally no risk if you know what you’re doing, and you can get identical quality to what they sell. Go check out !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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            3 months ago

            There is literally no risk if you know what you’re doing

            if you know what you’re doing

            Which he says he doesn’t