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Pirate and go to live shows.
Companies love selling you digital stuff cause they are essentially giving you nothing (as in it doesn’t cost them anything).
Or buy (also) via something like bandcamp, when the artist is on it. They cut only 10% IIRC
On Bandcamp Friday they take no cut at all. All money goes to artist after payment processor fees. https://isitbandcampfriday.com
Bandcamp is in the rapid process of enshittification, so this is a temporary solution at best at this point :(
Not really rapid. They were acquired, but I haven't noticed anything happen yet at all in my entire time using Bandcamp that would be "enshittification"
They already fired half the employees who work for Bandcamp, Bandcamp is dead as an entity, just because is still flying through the air based on its own momentum yet and hasn’t coming crashing back to earth doesn’t mean that isn’t what is about to happen.
Bandcamp has always been amazing because it was run not like a massive corporation and those days are over.
Live shows not put on by Ticketmaster! Shit ...
I agree that live shows (and buying merch) is the best way to support artists.
But the CDNs required to run a music streaming service are anything but cheap.
Yeah, I still think music streaming makes little sense cause usually people listen to songs over and over. Movie streaming makes more sense cause most people watch one title and not watch it again for years or ever.
God I wish more artists would support direct donations. Yoink the file from wherever and in exchange sneak 10 bucks into the artists pockets.