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Somebody needs to introduce this man to Bandcamp. Pretty much all my music buying is through there now, I don't miss the "sometimes iTunes/Music adds two copies of your purchases to the library" bug at all. I do miss Old Itunes though, Music has so many little problems like the fact that hitting command-L to go to the currently playing track's info is broken from a lot of views, and none of my visualizer plugins work any more. RIP Aeon.

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Pretty much. As a consumer, it's where I can find the cheapest albums to buy (for digital releases). As a musician, it is the only platform where I have seen any money – albeit, still not much :P

If something isn't available there, usually my next choice is Qobuz. At least both of those sites let you download files and listen to them however you want.

< As a musician, it is the only platform where I have seen any money – albeit, still not much :P>

Which is why my wife and I still buy albums and CDs, to support the artists. For us, music is a type of therapy, live concerts are being in the same room with people who perform real-time sound paintings. In today's political landscape, arts are denigrated, just look at how funds have been slashed at all levels of education. By building up a decent music library we can, in a small way, support the arts.

I buy everything on Bandcamp... when it's available there, which is increasingly not the case. It's a real shame, even bands that used to upload to Bandcamp don't even bother anymore. I pray to all the gods that Bandcamp will experience a renaissance, but it's getting rough up there.

Not sure if you missed it in the article, but the author acknowledges buying from Bandcamp in the article

> Buy music on Bandcamp or download it from Soundcloud, stick it in the Music app, and you're off!

I did, though I thought I double-checked it before hitting 'post', saw that, and closed the tab! Ah well.

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