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[–] [email protected] 67 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Ngl, I canceled them and haven’t gone back since. Don’t really miss it much, I try to use the same cost as my subscription to buy music every month on CD when I can.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I have recently discovered Qobuz (French company). You can purchase digital music. They aren't cheap, but they have selection and hi-res music (sometimes 24 bit).

But good on you for the CDs, too!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I heard they pay artists a lot more. Need to double check.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Try bandcamp too. Almost all goes to the artist and you get FLACs.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I've used them plenty but..

They recently got acquired by a turd company and if I remember correctly, already issued a round of layoffs.

Don't recall the details. Check.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

I just want to remind people that you may still have a used CD store in your city, also 2nd hand stores for CDs. They tend to be quite cheap these days.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

I cancelled it the second I found out how easy it was to get it for free.

I still buy FLAC releases individually from artists I like, I just use Shittify for discovery. Fuck 'em.