What I dislike about Bandcamp is that the music you bought can disappear from your Bandcamp library/account.
There’s still a need to download everything and make sure you have backups, etc.
“Buy to own”, but only as far as you download it. I was surprised when I learned they can disappear, and indeed had it happen to me. It also means you have to track what you bought differently.
Interesting. I have yet to lose anything from my library on Bandcamp but that would piss me off if it happened.
I do download and backup my purchases though. I download in both FLAC and mp3 320 formats so I have my bases covered just in case. It is annoying to keep my purchases separate though.
Try Bandcamp as well for nonpiracy options. Buy and download FLAC albums from the artists themselves. No DRM
I do like paying a good artist for their hard work!
Bandcamp is great. I buy albums on Bandcamp when I can. Too many artists are not on there though, or only have older albums available.
What I dislike about Bandcamp is that the music you bought can disappear from your Bandcamp library/account.
There’s still a need to download everything and make sure you have backups, etc.
“Buy to own”, but only as far as you download it. I was surprised when I learned they can disappear, and indeed had it happen to me. It also means you have to track what you bought differently.
Interesting. I have yet to lose anything from my library on Bandcamp but that would piss me off if it happened.
I do download and backup my purchases though. I download in both FLAC and mp3 320 formats so I have my bases covered just in case. It is annoying to keep my purchases separate though.
I use qobuz for stuff that is not on bandcamp, big enough to be part of standard distribution, but also let’s you buy and download lossless.