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Posted November 28, 2023
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Telika: It's... it's... POLITICS !! Keep your POLITICS out of my exhaust pipe !!
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Magnitus: Unfortunately, no, that part is recognised science. Strategies about what should be done about it, that part is politics.
While this is undoubtedly true, the fact that you choose to larder your social media contributions does, also, indeed signify your political intentions.
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Magnitus: Here, I'm making an educated guess about what is likely to happen given the increasing environmental collapse if we follow the current trajectory without any alteration and how it is likely to impact what is being discussed in this thread.
I think you are underestimating just how much change there might be.
Posted November 28, 2023
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scientiae: While this is undoubtedly true, the fact that you choose to larder your social media contributions does, also, indeed signify your political intentions.
My opinions about how to best address environmental issues are indeed political.

My opinion that our current course of action is not environmentally sustainable, barring spectacular technological breakthroughs, is based on the knowledge of experts.

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scientiae: I think you are underestimating just how much change there might be.
The credible experts I base my opinion on so far indicated we are not changing fast enough. Whoever is optimistic about our current direction usually base themselves on various technological breakthroughs that are either not even out of the oven or that have yet to be shown to work at scale (its one thing to do a pet project for a city or even a small country, it is quite another to implement it at the scale we need worldwide... ugly logistical problems, like required material shortages or the inability to make it work in a closed loop that doesn't have oil or big pollutant dependencies, have a tendency to surface).
Post edited November 28, 2023 by Magnitus
Posted November 28, 2023
I don't see a reason for a DRM hater to ever go to streaming services.

Music you buy from Amazon, iTunes, and Bandcamp is basically always DRM-free. So I just buy from there.
Posted November 29, 2023
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Sheershaw: I don't see a reason for a DRM hater to ever go to streaming services.

Music you buy from Amazon, iTunes, and Bandcamp is basically always DRM-free. So I just buy from there.
Lucky you.

A lot of music I like is not available to me in AUS from those sources, and I am not talking about obscure artists. And even when some are, aside from Bandcamp, the quality is low.

Luckily the likes of Qobuz and ZDigital often make up for what is not available at Bandcamp, Unfortunately Qobuz, the best store is more expensive on average than it should be. And ZDigital is badly run, if often cheaper. Sometimes I have been lucky with Bandcamp, but not often.

I only buy FLAC files now.

Lots of folk I know happily use Spotify, but I prefer to own my music ... as much as you can anyway. I can see and understand the appeal, for non collectors. It is all about convenience, variety and access. Unless I host a party myself, all the gatherings I go to these days all use playlists with Spotify.

Spotify is like the Radio, but with a lot more control. Unless you want to put up with the adverts, then you have to pay a bit to get that control. Many are happy enough with the adverts, as it beats the adverts on most radio channels, news, interviews, chatter, sports, etc.

There is a cost for everything in this life, So in the end it is down to what you are prepared to pay and go without.

One can be anal about it, but you only life once, from all I can tell.
Posted February 09, 2024
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PixelBoy: How about monthly subscription?
Is it like other streaming services that you can just hit one-click to unsubscribe and then resubscribe?

That way you could gather a bigger number of albums you want to buy, then activate it for a month when the combined discounts are more than the monthly streaming fee, and then unsubscribe after you have bought the music you want.
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Timboli: My memory says the Studio Sublime subscription is yearly only. I think they also do a monthly subscription for streaming, but not with the Studio Sublime benefit.

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PixelBoy: Streaming as such has practically zero value, at least for me.
Most music is available legally on YouTube for free, at least title tracks from most professional artists. If you want to have the entire album for deep cuts and such, then it's a different thing. And obviously the lossless quality is something worth money. But paying for lossy streaming doesn't make much sense to me.
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Timboli: I have virtually zero interest in streaming too, and with my very large music collection I simply cannot justify it anyway.
I also have virtually zero interest in playing music via youTube.
I plug in a thumb drive or larger hard drive and play my music that way, at home or in the car.
I'm mostly an album player too, so don't use random shuffle.

I have in the past built up collections of music or singles based on themes, using my own devised playlists.
Hell, I have even re-arranged tracks on albums because I thought they were in the wrong order, me seeing an album like one large song in parts, that have a start middle and ending that needs to flow in a kind of mood order. I don't like it when a song comes on and it jars with the one that's just finished playing. Another big reason why I have never cared much for the radio, and even Spotify playlists at times. But hey, try and get two people to create what they think is the correct order for tracks on an album, and they are bound to differ. That said, it can still be likable with the variation.

Depending on the listening environment, Lossy is often quite acceptable. I only care really, when the difference to Lossless is detectable. And the difference between CD and HD quality requires even better conditions, which can ironically make HD less appealing, and I certainly don't agree with paying more or much more for HD.

If you do stream using Studio Sublime, then you get HD streaming. But then you need a device and environment to capitalize on that benefit.
https://spotypre.com/receiptify-spotify/
Posted February 09, 2024
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Sheershaw: I don't see a reason for a DRM hater to ever go to streaming services.

Music you buy from Amazon, iTunes, and Bandcamp is basically always DRM-free. So I just buy from there.
I still buy CDs that I turn into mp3 for my phone and my car :)

And about downloads, if it's not on CD and Bandcamp I buy mp3s on Amazon. It's good that stores still provide mp3 downloads.
Posted February 09, 2024
Humble still sells DRM free games and music.
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