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Netflix is raising their prices again. Spotify just raised their prices… (feddit.online)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/frugal@lemmy.world
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Streaming prices are out of hand. What are cheaper alternatives?

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[–] 17 points 6 months ago (6 children)

Streaming is not frugal by definition since you don't own anything.

  1. Buy from Bandcamp, own and stream forever for a cheap price
  2. Torrent movies
  3. Torrent or Soulseek music
  4. Listen to podcasts, there are billions of those, it will last forever
  5. Free music on SomaFM, ByteFM, Radio Paradise, Shoutcast, etc.
  6. YouTube client like NewPipe if you have Android to listen to music
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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Buy from Bandcamp, own and stream forever for a cheap price

    It's also important to emphasize that artists make more from a Bandcamp purchase than if you had just streamed a few times on Shitify.

    You would need to listen to a song 400+ times on Spotify to earn the artist $1. Or you could throw them a buck on Bandcamp Friday and get to download it forever. Plus the artist gets paid immediately from the Bandcamp purchase instead of quarterly streaming royalties.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Then my favourite artist has earned more from me streaming her music on tidal than if I'd bought her entire discography.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    Good!

    Care to share the artist name?

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    Eivør, there's one person on tidal who listened to her more than me. I can only assume it's a Faroese coma patient who's relatives have put her on repeat in the hospital room in the hopes they'll be brought back stranger things style.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Turns out I know of her from seeing a short of her (or a fan?) belting the intro to Enn in a parking garage. Never knew the artist name til now, but I never forgot that melody. Thanks for reintroducing me!

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