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Musicians have long criticized the streaming service’s paltry payouts, but a new wave of boycotts is emerging

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[–] NoodlePoint@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Mp3s are at it. Because Spotty doesn't have some of the songs I actually like, and record companies even remove tracks that were previously available on physical media.

[–] sobchak@programming.dev 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've been downloading FLAC (lossless), and when I transfer to my phone, I encode to Opus, which is supposed to have better sound quality than MP3 at comparable file sizes.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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