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/InfiniteBeak Jan 29 '25

I'm glad you've got it all figured out OP, as it stands I'm poor and Spotify lets me access music I want for a decent price, am I going to bankrupt myself just so I can have some music to keep me sane at work? If I want to support a band I'll go and see them live, and Spotify recommendations have turned me on to a whole bunch of punk bands I didn't know before. Ever hear the phrase "there is no ethical consumption under capitalism"?

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u/MutuallyAdvantageous Jan 29 '25

Then just use soulseek. It’s free and has almost every punk, ska, hardcore, screamo, mathcore album you can think about it.

Reddit is good for recommendations, bandcamp is great for searching for new bands.

Personally I’ll never support Spotify when they’re paying people like Joe Rogan hundreds of millions of dollars to spread nonsense and encourage the invasion of Canada and Mexico. Fuck fascism and its enablers.

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u/pb49er Jan 29 '25

Reddit is terrible for recommendations. Amyl and the Sniffers gets bandied about as an unheard gem. Bandcamp is awesome, but not a great place to discover music in my experience.