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Spotify plans to raise prices this year and introduce new plans - GSMArena.com news (www.gsmarena.com)
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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/

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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Why? Streaming has become a scam and everyone seems okay with it. Like everything online. Everything is an expensive subscription to rent entertainment. My suggestion? Buy CDs. Buy directly from the artists. Or pirate it, at least Spotify won't make any money from it.

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

    at least Spotify won’t make any money from it.

    And the artists still won't. So given in either case, the artist don't make squat; using Spotify is easier. So, use spotify.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    So you care more about yourself and Spotify than the artists who give you hours and hours of entertainment. Cool.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    When the suggestion is to pirate it, so spotify doesn't get any money I don't see how your follow-up comment matters. In either case of piracy, OR using spotify, the artist still doesn't make money. Problem is that piracy comes with a lot more hoops and headaches.

    Of course, buying the artist CD or songs directly is much preferable to either.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    How is Spotify a scam? I can probably at most buy one CD per month for the same price as Spotify. Yet Spotify gives unlimited access to good quality versions of almost every song out there. Even with raised prices it's still a way better deal for most consumers than buying music directly.

    Personally I tend to also buy a few albums a year, because I like owning them and I like supporting the artists. But the convenience of having every track at your fingertips is hard to beat

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