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We need more DRM-free music instead.
by shmerl 7y ago
We need more DRM-free music instead.
- yCombLinks 7y agoWell, you should write some.
- toast0 7y agoDRM free music is widely available. You have to buy the songs/albums though, not a subscription. Or record it from over the air sources.
- shmerl 7y agoIt is, but not always. And it's harder to get it in lossless at times.
- adimitrov 7y agoSeeing as DRM music is lossy in practically all of the cases, getting lossless music has always been synonymous with getting DRM free music. I don't have a Spotify subscription. For me, bandcamp saved music.
- Semaphor 7y agoSame here. I buy almost all music on bandcamp nowadays, the site is amazing :)
- askvictor 7y agoYou can always buy a CD/LP/tape (I hear these are making a comeback). Rip them if you want, or not.
- shmerl 7y agoSometimes I do that, when it's the only way to get the lossless source. But physical media is slowly becoming obsolete. At some point no one will be selling it that way.
- isostatic 7y agoC90 cassettes are objectively terrible
- lostgame 7y agoMost LPs come with download cards these days anyways. At least about 50% of new LPs I buy, anyways.
- scarface74 7y agoAll of the mainstream digital music stores where you buy music have been DRM free for over a decade.
- shmerl 7y agoNot all sell FLAC, and some music can be only available for rent, not for buying.
- scarface74 7y agoSelling FLAC and selling DRM music is completely unrelated. Which musicians don’t sell their music and only stream?
- shmerl 7y agoI need both. And most of those who don't sell FLAC also don't want to sell DRM-free. Since there is no reason not to sell lossless if someone is already selling DRM-free. In my past experience, trying to find some music that was announced on Spotify didn't give any results anywhere like Bandcamp and the like.
- scarface74 7y agoSo you can tell the difference between 256kbps AAC and FLAC?
- shmerl 7y agoIt's not about the difference. It's about ability to encode to anything you want transparently. You need to have lossless source for that. For portable devices I prefer all of my audio in Opus.