take that might get me yelled at but i feel it strongly:
piracy is better than spotify for musicians , because with piracy no one is operating under the illusion/lie that Musicians Are Financially Supported By It
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in reply to @jkap's post:
you're right and you should say it. would much rather people pirate my shit rather than stream the albums i can't figure out how to remove from spotify lol
I don't have data but i suspect that the number of people that pirate an album then go back and buy it directly from the artist or donate to their ko-fi or patreon to pay them for the album they liked is higher (both in total numbers and as a proportion) than the people who stream the same album on spotify and do the same.
I've heard a lot of people describe using Spotify as a discovery tool and then turning around and buying albums elsewhere if they really like something, but then I know there's probably a thousand times as many people that don't talk about how they use Spotify and just listen without actively supporting anyone...
Totally agree. I figure the artist gets paid the same either way, so my $11/month is just enriching a billionaire.
But since I cancelled the amount I spend at Bandcamp (on Bandcamp Fridays) has skyrocketed.
things I like to do: going on my favorite artists' bandcamp or booth page and just paying them for their albums
things I wish I had the money to do: just fucking fly over to Comiket or equivalent convention, and hand them the cash directly because they will keep 100% of it and I'd get a physical album out of it
piracy was the single best way for me to discover artists, and as soon as I have the money to do it I try to buy their later releases. now i'm privileged enough to say that even if an album is name-your-price i will still try and drop cash on an album.
if that's not an argument in favor of name-your-price being literally better than whatever the fuck streaming was supposed to do, i don't know what is
Ever since the late 90's if I pirate the song and I like it I fukin buy the CD or as directly from the artist as possible. It just is more ideal.
you are speaking to an audience of anti-saas folks lol; I would gladly Just Buy Movies if they were sold as drm-free downloads like the pirates offer, and I'll gladly put my money where my mouth is for music.
sometimes piracy results in a purchase, all streaming seems to lead to is pitiful little trickles of royalties