I buy my digital music, mostly off Bandcamp, but I occasionally want something from a major label. Anyone know where I can buy a download with at least 266kpbs quality, that isn't Amazon or some other tech monolith?
#AskMusic #Music #FuckSpotify #askMastodon

"I'm essentially a pirate. In more ways than one. Piracy is about culture, culture is about humanity, and I'm a human being."
— brokep

- https://thepiratebay.org/
- https://midtsveen.github.io/

In recent days, two excellent producers of electronic music have both decided to take down all their music from Spotify.

Om Unit and Andreas Tilliander (TM404, Mokira) point to Daniel Ek's investments in war technologies, as well as Spotify's algorithmic attempts to steer music listening towards cheap, meaningless muzak by "fake artists" (an elaborate plan which is described in a book released next month by journalist Liz Pelly).

Well played, #FormidableVegetable for using #SpotifyWrapped's system to educate their fans about the evil ways of #Spotify in a fun and ingenious way.

This was actually from a couple of years ago, as they disabled the feature on their account after this video.

If you want to support artists, don’t use #Spotify

Video source: https://formidablevegetable.com.au

Spotify to raise prices, then pay musicians even less.

If your music is on Spotify, why? Are you so successful that you enjoy subsidizing Spotify executives' extravagant lifestyles?

https://www.billboard.com/business/streaming/spotify-songwriters-less-mechanical-royalties-audiobooks-bundle-1235673829/amp/

@dajb

#FuckSpotify
#PayArtists

#FuckSpotify
Spotify made £56m profit, but has decided not to pay smaller artists like me. We need you to make some noise | Damon Krukowski | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/30/spotify-smaller-artists-wrapped-indie-musicians

I need this quote on a t-shirt. Fuck, I need this quote on multiple items of clothing, a tote bag, and a beach towel. #FuckSpotify

@oklomsy I have a very public #FuckSpotify stance. Because Fuck. Spotify. Their attempt at abusing/taking over the open #podcast system is enough to put them way up on my shitlist.

Apple Music.
#fuckspotify

So if it's just one person, they're a crazy old man. But now it's two people, and it's a movement!

https://www.billboard.com/business/streaming/joni-mitchell-spotify-neil-young-joe-rogan-misinformation-1235024949/

I still put out semi-regular MP3 blog posts up at http://djcpi.blogspot.com/
each one is a ZIP file of MP3s of music I'm listening to so you can easily delete whatever you aren't into. Download as many as you want, unzip, sift.
#FuckSpotify