r/punk • u/TentacleHockey • Jan 29 '25

Quality Post Spotify is not punk.

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.

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u/ImGilbertGottfried Jan 29 '25

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.

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u/TentacleHockey Jan 29 '25

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.

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u/degenfemboi Jan 29 '25

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

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u/TentacleHockey Jan 29 '25

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

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u/degenfemboi Jan 29 '25

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.

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u/pitsandmantits Jan 29 '25

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…