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Good job supporting artists! I bet they really care about about the software license for the source code for the store you buy their music from... Maybe try j

by gehsty 8y ago

Good job supporting artists! I bet they really care about about the software license for the source code for the store you buy their music from... Maybe try just enjoying music for musics sake and not thinking about where it comes from to much, you might enjoy it!

rossy 8y ago
Maybe the artists should care. The music industry is pretty consumer-hostile these days. Could you imagine if, twenty years ago, it was commonplace to sell CD or vinyl records that only worked on a specific brand of stereo. These days it's commonplace to release albums exclusively on iTunes, which requires a specific brand of operating system (Microsoft or Apple,) and a specific brand of software to purchase and download the music. I get that this isn't directly the artist's fault and I understand that a lot of people don't care about this kind of freedom, but I certainly wouldn't blame someone for wanting to opt-out, even if that means they don't support artists that require the use of proprietary software to buy their music.
- gehsty 8y ago
  Do you apply this logic to any other media? Do you buy all your films directly from directors in open source stores in oggs vorbis format? I mean watching YouTube videos would clearly not meet your requirements, neither would watching Netflix... I think it is unfair to the artists as you are using something that is entirely out of their control to justify not supporting them.
  - rossy 8y ago
    I'm probably not as stringent about buying "direct from the artist" as the GP, but yeah, I do follow my own set of standards in regards to other media. > I mean watching YouTube videos would clearly not meet your requirements Actually, it does. Most YouTube videos don't have DRM, and they can be viewed with free software (web browsers are free software, also youtube-dl is free software.) > neither would watching Netflix... Yeah, Netflix certainly doesn't, but I have no problems with buying Blu-ray. Blu-ray has DRM, but it's easily removed, so it's equivalent to not having DRM for practical purposes. (Again, I don't know if I'm as stringent as the GP in this case.) > I think it is unfair to the artists as you are using something that is entirely out of their control to justify not supporting them. They certainly do have control over which record contracts they sign and which television studios and networks they work for. If they want to make a quick buck at the expense of the consumer by making an exclusivity deal with Apple Music or Netflix, I'm probably not going to buy what they're selling.

by gehsty 8y ago

rossy 8y ago

Maybe the artists should care. The music industry is pretty consumer-hostile these days. Could you imagine if, twenty years ago, it was commonplace to sell CD or vinyl records that only worked on a specific brand of stereo. These days it's commonplace to release albums exclusively on iTunes, which requires a specific brand of operating system (Microsoft or Apple,) and a specific brand of software to purchase and download the music. I get that this isn't directly the artist's fault and I understand that a lot of people don't care about this kind of freedom, but I certainly wouldn't blame someone for wanting to opt-out, even if that means they don't support artists that require the use of proprietary software to buy their music.

gehsty 8y ago
Do you apply this logic to any other media? Do you buy all your films directly from directors in open source stores in oggs vorbis format? I mean watching YouTube videos would clearly not meet your requirements, neither would watching Netflix... I think it is unfair to the artists as you are using something that is entirely out of their control to justify not supporting them.
- rossy 8y ago
  I'm probably not as stringent about buying "direct from the artist" as the GP, but yeah, I do follow my own set of standards in regards to other media. > I mean watching YouTube videos would clearly not meet your requirements Actually, it does. Most YouTube videos don't have DRM, and they can be viewed with free software (web browsers are free software, also youtube-dl is free software.) > neither would watching Netflix... Yeah, Netflix certainly doesn't, but I have no problems with buying Blu-ray. Blu-ray has DRM, but it's easily removed, so it's equivalent to not having DRM for practical purposes. (Again, I don't know if I'm as stringent as the GP in this case.) > I think it is unfair to the artists as you are using something that is entirely out of their control to justify not supporting them. They certainly do have control over which record contracts they sign and which television studios and networks they work for. If they want to make a quick buck at the expense of the consumer by making an exclusivity deal with Apple Music or Netflix, I'm probably not going to buy what they're selling.