Iohet ( @Iohet@beehaw.org ) toPiracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Is music piracy dying?English2•1 year ago
Their store downloads are normal flac files.
Their store downloads are normal flac files.
I would add Everspace as well. You can fit a round into a 15 minute block if you wanted to, or save in the middle
My servers are Linux, but my desktops are PCs. I’m in the process of setting up an elementaryOS Linux desktop for my grandmother, since it’s familiar to macOS users and way cheaper than buying a new Mac since his is dying.
Bandcamp/HDTracks/7digital/Qobuz/etc make it really easy to buy most modern music DRM free and in a lossless format. I support this because it is a good business model that doesn’t treat consumers like criminals.
unRAID to run all my services with a Kubuntu VM for any personal use
Fark’s still running just fine
They can’t even figure out deep links?
The music industry has figured it out for those of us that are willing to pay if it’s easy. Lossless, high fidelity, DRM-free digital media is very easy to get these days for almost all artists, and the price is usually pretty reasonable.
There’s no physical production cost and infinite supply to worry about the cost of production and inventory with declining sales if the video media industry would be willing to do the same. I’m never buying digital video as it exists today, but I will if they learn the lessons of the music industry and make digital video media more convenient. I’m sure there are plenty like me that just want something convenient and consumer friendly, rather than anti-consumer