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> Music piracy was killed-off by Spotify I've seen many places playing music from a YouTube playlist, with ads included. And anybody can download the audio str
by pmontra 2y ago
> Music piracy was killed-off by Spotify
I've seen many places playing music from a YouTube playlist, with ads included. And anybody can download the audio stream from YouTube with a minimal software setup. There used to be browser addons that added a Save As button to YouTube pages. I'm not using them, maybe Google banned all of them from its store but there are many ways to do it.
- n144q 2y ago> And anybody can download the audio stream from YouTube with a minimal software setup. That's the issue. Almost nobody downloads music anymore, however easy it is. Because streaming apps like Spotify make the experience so much better. You are in the middle of the song and wants to cast to your living room speakers? Two clicks. You want to transfer that from your phone to your computer? Just a few clicks. Want to quickly jump back into an album or get recommendations of similar albums? It's all there on the home page. It's hard to beat this experience. The only exception I know is people who rip/pirate FLAC files because they want the best quality possible and don't care about anything else. That's like <0.01% of the users these days.
- gosub100 2y agoBy "places" do you mean physical establishments like bars and restaurants?
- pmontra 2y agoYes. What's the correct English word for that?
- gosub100 2y agoYou used the word correctly, but I asked because those businesses were probably breaking copyright law (at least in the US). They require very specific broadcast licenses to play music in a business. Even though it was subsidized by ads from Google, those agreements are intended to handle personal use.