When purchasing Music (£0.99 each) how many plays would you say made the purchase 'worth it'? - eviltoast

@nostupidquestions When purchasing Music (£0.99 each) how many plays would you say made the purchase ‘worth it’?

  • SamXavia@southampton.socialOP
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    3 months ago

    Often Pirating can come with not only risk but also can be not the best quality out there, the easiest pirating method I know of getting music is finding the song on YouTube and that is defo not studio quality.

    I know not much will go to the artist but this is the best I can do without the money or ability to go to there shows and not enjoying Streaming Services.

    • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
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      3 months ago

      the easiest pirating method I know of getting music is finding the song on YouTube and that is defo not studio quality.

      That’s the worst possible way to do it. You might as well try to hook up a tape recorder to the radio like my dad used to.

      There is literally no risk if you know what you’re doing, and you can get identical quality to what they sell. Go check out !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

      • Owl@mander.xyz
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        3 months ago

        There is literally no risk if you know what you’re doing

        if you know what you’re doing

        Which he says he doesn’t

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      3 months ago

      So pirate FLAC? There are so many FLAC files out there.

      YouTube is typically 128kbps AAC.

      If you want to bitch about quality, learn what actual quality is.

      At any rate, most downloaded Apple files are 256kbps AAC

        • Nikls94@lemmy.world
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          3 months ago

          As a Mac user myself, I pirate FLAC because the quality is superior to most things I can buy, most albums I like 1-2 songs and it’s definitely better to just pirate and go to music festivals.

          Anyway, I pirate FLACs and transform them to ALAC to sync it to Apple Music, the worst but only form to conveniently listen to HQ music on iPhone. (I still miss PowerAMP on android)