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[–] ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com 37 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I tried to buy digital copies of an album the other day and couldn't because it was only on streaming services and DRM'd to all shit, so I just pirated it instead.

Ended up with some high quality flac too...

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Some artists sell their music DRM free themselves, generally via their Merch Store.
Failing that, Qobuz has a store alongside their streaming subscription and I believe it's DRM free.

[–] gilokee@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Have you tried Soulseek? I finally got it recently, it's kinda amazing. Like old school limewire or whatever but with fewer (no?) viruses. :3

[–] pilferjinx@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah soulseek is amazing. You should check out nicotine+ if you're using Linux. It's a very nice frontend client using the same network.

[–] gilokee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I am using Linux, I'll check it out!

[–] ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

No I've mostly just used jackett and qbt's default searchers. I used to use tixati in the past and that was great, with share searching and text chat communities

[–] archonet@lemy.lol 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do yourself a huge favor and download Nicotine+ (which is a client for Soulseek, you can also use the official SoulseekQt I guess but it's old and not as feature-rich). That and Spek to make sure you don't get any fake bitrate files from people.

The only two real downsides to Soulseek, imo, are the fact that a lot of the chatrooms are basically unmoderated IRC (So many nazis to ignore. So many.), and the problem of fake bitrates. The huge upside is you can find pretty much any and everything on there if you wait for the right people to be online to share it. I've found quite a few rare albums and such that I couldn't get from my usual gettin' places.

[–] gilokee@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

The unmoderated chatrooms can be a bit crazy, but you are able to mute users which is nice. Also, it kinda reminds me of the olden days of the internet...I'm a millennial so it's kinda nostalgic lol.

[–] gilokee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Tixati sounds just like Soulseek! I'll look it up. Also yes, QBT's search is amazing.