Hey, you’re on the Fediverse. You’ll rarely see anyone promote anything that isn’t decentralised, even less that is not FOSS.

Friendica, Mobilizon and Hubzilla can all be compared to Facebook. I have an accound on Friendica and I like how well it supports federation with all Fediverse platforms, from Mastodon to Lemmy.

I recommend not using streaming services as almost all money goes to the streaming company and the labels, and instead buying music directly from the artists.

Same as with most artists, go to their website and you’ll find the bandcamp/faircamp/etc page, in this case:

• https://galaxie500.bandcamp.com/
• https://damonandnaomi.bandcamp.com/

There are plenty of better ways to obtain music, such as actually buying the music instead of streaming it. And, hey, that’s like saying you’d stay on Reddit because that’s where the content is. Ethics should come before easy entertainment.

The best way is always to buy the music directly from the artist, in this case:

• https://galaxie500.bandcamp.com/
• https://damonandnaomi.bandcamp.com/

https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=fNjQG7y9aoQ

I love Weird Al! But pretty sure this was hyperbole. The point still stands, though. It really is depressing that people just follow “everybody else” when giving abusive megacorporations money. Same with social media, especially when there are great, healthy, ethical alternatives to be found is the Fediverse.

Edit: I’ll just link pixelfed just because…

Yes, but you also won’t give them your payment information every time you use the internet, or on every device, so often it might just as well be someone else on your IP address.

No, but the more they know about you, the surer they can be that different groups of data belong to the same person. Since music taste is quite personal, it helps quite a lot in constructing a profile. And I sure hope you do understand that it isn’t ideal that tech giants know everything about you.

The problem is when that streaming service also tells all its company friends what music you streamed, which helps them profile you even more accurately.

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