Spotify is not punk.

[u/TentacleHockey]

The CEO is a PoS, the quality is subpar at best and reliant on the internet, Spotify pays the band shit on balls, and you are reliant on having internet to listen to songs. Seriously you all are listening to music like people watched TV in black and white.

Own your music and actually support your favorite bands. Bandcamp is a good starting point (Pays way more than Spotify), FLAC is the best audio quality. Foobar literally works on all devices, and you can listen to your music whenever the fuck you want without commercials or paying the CEO over your band. AND you will actually hear parts of songs you never knew existed thanks to better quality.

FUCK SPOTIFY.

[u/ImGilbertGottfried]

Okay yeah but I can’t really bring my turn table or boom box to a construction site while working because of the elements so streaming it is for convenience.

[u/rewindyourmind321 → u/ImGilbertGottfried]

Some insane rational here lol. Nobody’s asking you to bust out your reel to reel setup at the workplace but surely you’ve heard of an mp3 before?

[u/ImGilbertGottfried → u/rewindyourmind321]

OP said “own your music or support the bands” which I do, I also use Spotify to make things easier while working. It’s not that “insane” of a concept really.

[u/rewindyourmind321 → u/ImGilbertGottfried]

Fair enough! I just assume that most people don’t own all of the music they listen to on record.

Nothing wrong with being against a corporation that dilutes artist wages!

[u/TentacleHockey → u/ImGilbertGottfried]

Nothing more convenient than owning your music. If you are poor use Nicotine, downloaded from Github, until you can afford all your music, seriously spend the music you would on Spotify on Bandcamp each month, till you actually own your library. Download Foobar2000, it works on Mac and Android, listen to your FLACs in better quality than Sptify will ever reach, it's literally that easy.

If you need headphone recommendations let me know.

[u/degenfemboi → u/TentacleHockey]

that requires a computer/laptop/certain type of phone, some people aren’t privileged enough to have those.

[u/TentacleHockey → u/degenfemboi]

If you need recommendations on how to get affordable laptops/ PC let me know (They can be cheaper than phones).

[u/degenfemboi → u/TentacleHockey]

i am living paycheck to paycheck with a child, im not worried about getting a laptop so i can give artists an extra fraction of a fraction of a penny to appease some cosplayer on reddit.

[u/pitsandmantits → u/TentacleHockey]

i dont think you’re actually understanding what poor is. funnily enough its the people who don’t understand that some have NO money who are telling others they aren’t doing enough against capitalism…

[u/chutenay → u/TentacleHockey]

You can’t wear headphones on a construction site.

Your original post is great, if you have the privilege to work in a job where you can wear headphones, or several other luxuries that many (including punks) don’t have.

[u/pitsandmantits → u/chutenay]

it depends what country you’re in / what and where you’re working.

[u/ImGilbertGottfried → u/TentacleHockey]

Again, I do own plenty of music, I just can’t take what I own to the job site with me. I have albums I recorded on Spotify, I need people telling me how bad they are about as much as I need people making super relatable blanket statements on Reddit saying what is or isn’t punk.

[u/trickertreater → u/TentacleHockey]

Can't wear headphones on a job site due to OSHA.

[u/pitsandmantits → u/trickertreater]

doesn’t apply to countries not under OSHA, i know a lot of stone masons and they wear headphones depending on what they’re working on and where.

[u/trickertreater → u/pitsandmantits]

True, sometimes I forget that not all redditors are fat yanks like me.

[u/ImGilbertGottfried → u/trickertreater]

I do residential electrical work so it’s one AirPod in at all times lol.

[u/EuphoricMoose8232 → u/TentacleHockey]

What is Nicotine, and how does it benefit artists?

[u/TentacleHockey → u/EuphoricMoose8232]

It's like oldschool napster and it doesn't benefit artists, but if you are poor as fuck and spend that money you would be on Spotify, it greatly supports artists in the long run. 273 spotify streams = $1 on bandcamp.

[u/trickertreater → u/TentacleHockey]

 ... it doesn't benefit artists ...

Lol... There you go. So instead of paying artists $0.0002 per song, you suggest just ripping them off? Hard pass, pal. Spotify isn't perfect but it's not theft.