• stevedidWHAT
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    1521 year ago

    This guy asking the real questions. They’re already fucking over their artists, please give me a reason to start pirating music again.

    Please.

    • @slavojrizzek@lemm.ee
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      631 year ago

      They have an estimated 212 million premium users. That’s an additional 2.5 Billion dollars they’re looking at per year.

      • stevedidWHAT
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        751 year ago

        How else will they grow insatiably like the rest of these capitalist pigs??? They have to predict everything, do everything, be in everything, become your fucking God

        Shit ain’t cheap

      • @RedAggroBest@lemmy.world
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        31 year ago

        Theyre also in the hole and interest rates went up again to nobody’s surprise. This price hike is not out of the blue and imo pretty reasonable.

      • @surrendertogravity@wayfarershaven.eu
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        121 year ago

        I’m curious, how are you discovering new music this way? my understanding of soulseek and nicotine+ is that they’re great for finding music by artists you already know, but idk how they would work for discovery…?

    • GONADS125
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      81 year ago

      I’ve been using a cracked spotify android APK with no ads and unlimited skips for years now.

    • @generalEdo@lemmy.world
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      71 year ago

      The quality is pretty good and dl speeds are superb if you get it from spotify. Only need a free account and plenty of good apps to assist in getting playlists, podcasts and full discographies.

    • arglebargle
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      31 year ago

      I never paid for Spotify and only rarely used it on the desktop if I was interested in hearing something someone mentioned or to look up something.

      But I also gave up the buying music thing too, expect for very rarely. There is so much freely traded music, and tons of live music, and icecast and other radio stations are still a thing. There is more than I could listen to already.

      Podcasts have replaced the vast majority listening time in the car.

      Then at home while working it is SOMA FM radio. I do give them money I guess, but its all donation.

      • stevedidWHAT
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        11 year ago

        I was quite satisfied with Spotify, further it’s only going up a dollar so Idrgaf anymore