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Music Piracy Is Back in a Big Way (www.wired.com)
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Visits to music piracy websites went up more than 13 percent last year, a new report says. The majority of those visits were to sites that allow users to download the audio from YouTube URLs.

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[–] Thanks4Nothing@lemm.ee 50 points 9 months ago (6 children)

I know this does not make me look good - but I am a YouTube Premium subscriber. I had Spotify, but they jacked up their family plan rate, and it was only a few bucks cheaper than Premium, then I got the ad-free (without adblockers). I mostly did it to help my kids avoid the toxic ads that are littered into the kid content. The main reason I stick with some of this stuff is for the discovery. Pandora was great, Spotify is ok.

Regardless - the smart playlists, and AI stuff on YouTube music is AWFUL. I cannot put into words how bad it is. Spotify got it right about 1/4-1/2 of the time. YouTube, maybe 1/100. Constantly recommending a country, which I cannot stand. When it isn't doing country, it recommends hard rock/metal which I also do not listen to. I feel like I need a new way to find music, then I could sever ties with all these trashy subscriptions.

[–] Thanks4Nothing@lemm.ee 11 points 9 months ago

I have started buying vinyl with the digital downloads when I find a great album. I feel better doing it this way. Most of my music is not super big name artists.

[–] Euphoma@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago

I just listen to playlists that people make or youtube videos of song genres or artists that I like.

[–] downhomechunk@midwest.social 2 points 9 months ago

Soulseek if you don't mind data hoarding.

I have yt premium for the same reason. Toddlers have little patience for ads on their Kindle fire, and they get upset when they click one to buy a luxury watch and can't figure out how to get back to cocomelon.

I actually like the service and feel it's fairly priced. So I don't mind paying for it. I stream yt music all day at work.

[–] AVeryCleverName@lemmy.one 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I still havent found anything can match the experience of finding music from online discussions or list hopping on RYM.

[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

Last fm users with similar taste can be a gold mine

[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Same boat here. My God it's unbearable how bad YouTube premium is.

[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

I get good value out of it...

.....That being said, I curate my own feed heavily, and still have to use a ton of add-ons to keep from going insane - fuck your shorts YouTube.

It is admittedly terrible.