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X-Date: 2021-10-27T21:06:02Z
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X-Note-Id: b4de3ac6-113b-46fe-9c50-d93bfec72ac7
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Subject: Bandcamp vs subscription streaming services
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X-Slug: bandcamp_vs_subscription_services
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I decided to stop using Apple Music and Spotify in favor of
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purchasing music through Bandcamp. The primary catalyst for
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this was that I was essentially locked out of my Apple Music
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subscription. The reason for being locked out is pretty silly:
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I've changed countries, and Apple refuses to let me switch
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app stores because I have a year-long subscription still active
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for one of my services. But I no longer have a credit card in
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my previous country, so I can't pay for anything.
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Unfortunately, chatting with Apple support didn't help and
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the only reassuring thing I've got is "we understand that it's
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not what you expected, but we can't do anything until your
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subscription expires".
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This should serve as a reminder that you don't own stuff that
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you rent from big tech companies. And the silly thing about
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this particular situation is that all the need for the subscription
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is artificial. We live in a day when 256 Gb SD cards are dirt
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cheap, and internet connections easily reach 100 Mbit/s. There
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is no real need for a streaming service if you can keep all
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your music library with you. Oh, I forgot: iPhones don't have
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an SD card slot. Fine, but still I'd prefer a dumb and replaceable
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syncing service like Dropbox and to actually own my library.
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So, starting from today I'm purchasing my music and keeping it.
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Just because I'm sick of people pulling the plug on their side
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because they didn't like the way I move around.
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