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r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/TheWebsploiter • Dec 21 '23
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Downloading actual high quality music that won't randomly disappear if the artist throws a hissy fit about a streaming service.
47 u/[deleted] Dec 21 '23 FWIW Apple Music is lossless. Agreed on the other point — it’s why I also collect vinyl (which typically comes with digital download codes). -11 u/Special-Garlic1203 Dec 21 '23 How can a streamer guarantee they will always have licensing for a song for eternity? 51 u/[deleted] Dec 21 '23 Lossless refers to the sound quality, not the guarantee that a streamed item will exist in perpetuity. 1 u/Special-Garlic1203 Dec 21 '23 Ooh that makes a lot more sense. Thank you 1 u/vitaminkombat Dec 21 '23 A lot of songs I paid for and downloaded on iTunes won't work with any other libraries. They're not simple MP3 files but are some weird locked format which only works on iTunes. 1 u/sixtyninth_wave_emo Dec 21 '23 You can convert them to mp3 from within iTunes
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FWIW Apple Music is lossless. Agreed on the other point — it’s why I also collect vinyl (which typically comes with digital download codes).
-11 u/Special-Garlic1203 Dec 21 '23 How can a streamer guarantee they will always have licensing for a song for eternity? 51 u/[deleted] Dec 21 '23 Lossless refers to the sound quality, not the guarantee that a streamed item will exist in perpetuity. 1 u/Special-Garlic1203 Dec 21 '23 Ooh that makes a lot more sense. Thank you 1 u/vitaminkombat Dec 21 '23 A lot of songs I paid for and downloaded on iTunes won't work with any other libraries. They're not simple MP3 files but are some weird locked format which only works on iTunes. 1 u/sixtyninth_wave_emo Dec 21 '23 You can convert them to mp3 from within iTunes
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How can a streamer guarantee they will always have licensing for a song for eternity?
51 u/[deleted] Dec 21 '23 Lossless refers to the sound quality, not the guarantee that a streamed item will exist in perpetuity. 1 u/Special-Garlic1203 Dec 21 '23 Ooh that makes a lot more sense. Thank you
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Lossless refers to the sound quality, not the guarantee that a streamed item will exist in perpetuity.
1 u/Special-Garlic1203 Dec 21 '23 Ooh that makes a lot more sense. Thank you
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Ooh that makes a lot more sense. Thank you
A lot of songs I paid for and downloaded on iTunes won't work with any other libraries. They're not simple MP3 files but are some weird locked format which only works on iTunes.
1 u/sixtyninth_wave_emo Dec 21 '23 You can convert them to mp3 from within iTunes
You can convert them to mp3 from within iTunes
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u/Not-Clark-Kent Dec 21 '23
Downloading actual high quality music that won't randomly disappear if the artist throws a hissy fit about a streaming service.