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[–] 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Music piracy, while still a thing, is basically nil at this point, because the record industry didn't fuck up streaming (for the consumer). The artists don't get paid enough, but from a consumer perspective you don't have to sub to all the services to get all of the music.

We were so close to that with Netflix back in the beginning. Then the studios got greedy, and here we are.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Music piracy's still alive here and there. The torrents I usually find are massive FLAC files that have very little advantage over much smaller MP3s though. I might need to buy some really fancy gear to appreciate it maybe.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Yeah, music piracy is kinda niche these days: mostly just people who want a local library and who have a modded iPod or similar. I use Soulseek to get flacs of the music I play on my radio show, just so I can be sure I'm offering the best possible quality.

    But to be honest, I straddle both camps. I have a modded iPod full of music, but I also have Apple Music mostly for convenience.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I found the easiest way to pirate music was to just grab stuff from youtube. Maybe in the future Freetube will have an option to download whole playlists, but in my middle age I am way less likely to download the whole album for "context."

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