return2ozma@lemmy.world to Music@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoCDs Are Booming Again With 17.5 Million Units Sold in the First Half of 2026hypebeast.comexternal-linkmessage-square66linkfedilinkarrow-up1106arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-square4am@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·8 days agoPure digital these days means streaming. Rightholders don’t want to give you a file you can copy or store indefinitely, they want you to rent
minus-squareryper@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 days agoYou can still buy DRM-free music you can download and keep. And not just from places like Bandcamp; Apple hasn’t stopped selling music, and Qobuz even has FLAC downloads.
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·8 days agoWhich means they don’t understand how files work and spend a lot off wasted effort on DRM. They give us a file whether they intend to or not.
Pure digital these days means streaming. Rightholders don’t want to give you a file you can copy or store indefinitely, they want you to rent
You can still buy DRM-free music you can download and keep. And not just from places like Bandcamp; Apple hasn’t stopped selling music, and Qobuz even has FLAC downloads.
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Which means they don’t understand how files work and spend a lot off wasted effort on DRM. They give us a file whether they intend to or not.