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Ocarina654:
I prefer to buy CDs in most cases. To me, paying for bytes that have no physical copy, no liner notes, and no art is pointless. If I have the CD I can rip it in many formats, most of them better than what I can download.
Plus, DRM is gross. Of course, as mentioned, some services are DRM-free, but meh.
But, the Mediafire Thread is pretty much a daily stop for me, even if I don't download anything from it that day.
a pack of wolves:
I feel the same, when I have money I buy vinyl and when I don't I just pirate, mostly from the mediafire thread, mp3 blogs or Soulseek. People seem to underestimate Soulseek now that torrents are so prevalent but about seven times out of ten I find what I'm looking for, which is a pretty good ratio since I'm often searching for obscure emo bands. I can't see myself ever paying for mp3s, although I will make donations if a band hosts stuff for free (like Craw or Quote Unquote Records) when I have cash.
SensoryOssuary:
The Amazon.com music downloads are actually pretty good, feature-wise... but honestly, I just use Soulseek.
TheFuriousWombat:
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That's the same as I do. emusic also has booster packs outside of the subscription service that are still cheaper than iTunes and have no drm. I only use iTunes if I can't find it on emusic or on piratebay, mediafire thread etc. What are some other good pirating sites for indie rock and other fairly obscure music?
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emusic, in my experience, is the best service out there. I don't use it any more because I found they had and less and less stuff I want but I used it, and was delighted with it, for a long time. Lots of pricing options and booster packs are great. itunes is ok every once in a while if somehow you can't find a full album online but they have a seriously limited collection and charge too much.
Nodaisho:
I personally use napster, I used to use rhapsody, but napster has a much larger library. I don't remember what all I found on napster that wasn't on rhapsody, but there was quite a bit.
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