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[โ€“] synapse1278@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I buy music for download and stream from my self hosted Jellyfin. I buy music mainly from Bandcamp and Steam. Buying 1 album from Bandcamp is worth more to the artist than listening 100k hours on Spotify.

[โ€“] orgrinrt@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Unfortunately, as someone who relaxes with music and works best with music on the background, and who has a constantly rotating interest in terms of genre (I.e a lot of different genres on regular cycle), buying even the minimum amount of content directly to match my current setup and routine would take thousands of euros. I donโ€™t really have that, and doing it piecemeal would introduce inconvenience in having to either pay subscription still, while buying up the albums and singles I want, or having a very limited collection for the first few years.

Ugh. Theyโ€™ve trapped me well.

I have considered sailing the high seas for everything I canโ€™t afford presently, and catching up with actually buying as I can, but I fear I might just get attached to the convenience of already having it all and using it as an excuse subconsciously not to prioritize paying the artist. While I use Tidal, I at least pay something to the artistsโ€ฆ

Itโ€™s a hard nut that needs cracking, but is simply too hard to easily just do.