Streaming service Qobuz takes a stance against purely AI-generated music
https://community.qobuz.com/blog/qobuz-human-first-stand-on-ai-generated-music
Streaming service Qobuz takes a stance against purely AI-generated music
https://community.qobuz.com/blog/qobuz-human-first-stand-on-ai-generated-music
Maybe you can’t buy everything local. What one thing can you start buying local? Can you switch from Starbucks to the local coffee shop? Can you switch from Petco to the local pet feed store? Can you switch from Dominoes to a local pizza place?
Maybe you can’t completely de-Google or de-Apple or de-Amazon your life. Can you switch one thing? Can you use DuckDuckGo? Move your passwords to Bitwarden? Open a Fastmail account?
@danirabbit
I've been degoogling for several years. First was duckduckgo, then I started using my own domain for email. Then I moved that email domain off of Google's servers. Then I canceled my youtube subscription. Recently I canceled my YouTube Music subscription in favor of #Qobuz.
I still use Android. I still use Google maps. I still watch YouTube videos. I maintain my Gmail account for legacy reasons. But I'm using Google much less and they no longer directly receive any of my money.
Just checked out Qobuz. It offers me albums to buy. I try to listen to them, but it wants me to login. Nope. Moving on to one of the many places where I can listen without doing that.
Asking for a login before allowing preview of an album is like asking people for ID before they can access listening posts in a record store. Choosing stick over carrot implies the login is to improve *their* experience, not mine, by subjecting me to more DataFarming.
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If you're looking to *buy* digital music and the artist isn't on Bandcamp, I highly recommend #qobuz.
You do not need to be subscribed to their streaming service to buy music from them!
They have a wide selection of music and offer both "CD quality" and high-bit rate versions of most music. You can download via a web browser or with their downloader app that make downloading in bulk easier. You can download in both lossless and lossy formats.
No need to give Apple (or Amazon) my money now.
If you're looking to *buy* digital music and the artist isn't on Bandcamp, I highly recommend #qobuz.
You do not need to be subscribed to their streaming service to buy music from them!
They have a wide selection of music and offer both "CD quality" and high-bit rate versions of most music. You can download via a web browser or with their downloader app that make downloading in bulk easier. You can download in both lossless and lossy formats.
No need to give Apple (or Amazon) my money now.
Keen to find new music outside of the streaming ecosystem? Here's a pretty amazing project by @kidlightbulbs to help you do just that, supporting Mirlo, @Ampwall, @benpate, #Qobuz, libraries and more! 🔍🐦⬛
#Music #MusicDiscovery #NewMusic #IndieMusic #Streaming #StreamingAlternatives
Keen to find new music outside of the streaming ecosystem? Here's a pretty amazing project by @kidlightbulbs to help you do just that, supporting Mirlo, @Ampwall, @benpate, #Qobuz, libraries and more! 🔍🐦⬛
#Music #MusicDiscovery #NewMusic #IndieMusic #Streaming #StreamingAlternatives
@matt Might have missed it but I didn't see any way to buy their music there other than vinyl. 🤔
@aanee Ooops, you're correct. Sorry about that. I guess #Qobuz is a good alternative then: https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/interpreter/honningbarna/1891881
Testing #Qobuz as a replacement for #Spotify:
- Signup was a bit wonky, prices vague
- Listening to the same album on Spotify & Qobuz. I might be imagining it, but Qobuz HiRes version does seem to sound a bit better.
- How many of my playlists, tracks, artists & albums from Spotify are available on Qobuz?
Using #Soundiiz, offered for free by Qobuz to find it in Qobuz catalogue. This will take some time...apparently I have at least one playlists with 10K songs 😬
