▲ 116 ▼ Spotify plans to raise prices this year and introduce new plans - GSMArena.com news (www.gsmarena.com) submitted 2 years ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to c/technology@beehaw.org 97 comments fedilink hide all child comments As apparently, this move is made to target audiobook listeners and podcast listeners, can I recommend https://audiobookshelf.org And also https://f-droid.org/packages/de.danoeh.antennapod/
[–] mihies@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) How is self hosting better than paying artists? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] machinaeZER0@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago* I often buy albums on Bandcamp and supposedly artists get a good cut of that. They have an app too, so you can stream content from there (or self host the files you get when you buy) permalink fedilink source parent [–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al [S] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) The revenue from streaming services always pales in comparison to buying the music directly from an artist. The streaming model has been hijacked by record labels who take the majority share, such are the deals they force artists to sign. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sonori@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago A decent number of artists offer digital downloads of their music directly either for a flat fee or in a pay what you wish system. It is nowhere near as convenient unfortunately. Benn Jordan mentions some options in several of their videos about their experience with Spotify, but i’m admittedly not certain I just linked the right one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] machinaeZER0@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago* I often buy albums on Bandcamp and supposedly artists get a good cut of that. They have an app too, so you can stream content from there (or self host the files you get when you buy) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al [S] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) The revenue from streaming services always pales in comparison to buying the music directly from an artist. The streaming model has been hijacked by record labels who take the majority share, such are the deals they force artists to sign. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sonori@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago A decent number of artists offer digital downloads of their music directly either for a flat fee or in a pay what you wish system. It is nowhere near as convenient unfortunately. Benn Jordan mentions some options in several of their videos about their experience with Spotify, but i’m admittedly not certain I just linked the right one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sonori@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago A decent number of artists offer digital downloads of their music directly either for a flat fee or in a pay what you wish system. It is nowhere near as convenient unfortunately. Benn Jordan mentions some options in several of their videos about their experience with Spotify, but i’m admittedly not certain I just linked the right one. permalink fedilink source parent