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Paul Evans

· Föderation EN Mi 26.02.2025 09:01:14

@neil I like for that. Everything I buy there lets me download in Vorbis or FLAC and has all those nice properties

Rupert Reynolds

Föderation EN Mi 26.02.2025 11:42:14

@leonerd @neil Seconded. My last Bandcamp download was from Made By John, .flac meaning there is no DRM.

It's so refreshing to have choices that I paid a bit extra :-)

Cory Doctorow has DRM-free audiobooks and stuff.

mkj

Föderation EN Mi 26.02.2025 16:07:34

@RupertReynolds @leonerd Yes. Bandcamp for indie music; 7digital, Qobuz for more mainstream music. (7digital's downside is that a lot of what they offer is only available as high-quality MP3, so you are already on a lossy first generation by the time you get it, limiting future options.) And of course physical CDs (including pre-owned) which can be copied losslessly onto the computer and then losslessly compressed while adding album and track metadata.

Similar for other types of media.

@neil

Rupert Reynolds

Föderation EN Mi 26.02.2025 23:11:21

@mkj @leonerd @neil I still buy CDs, often the originals before they were remastered (sometimes badly).

I was ripping CDs to .flac with embedded cover pics and track data (and the most wanted DVDs to .mkv) once or twice a week for 10 years :-)

I hoped storage costs would come down in time, and they did, so now the whole lot is on MicroSD in my phone, plus somewhere safe even if the discs get lost :-)