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do I just have to suck it up and give my hard earned cash to a bunch of shitbags and pretend that I'm "supporting" artists
If you want to maximise the amount of money going to the artists, you should probably use the cheapest online source despite the evil capitalists behind it, then send actual money to the artists who you think have earned it via their crowd-funding stream.
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What's the best way to buy music online?
To be more specific, I want to buy some albums and tracks from various bands and artists so that I can build some running playlists.
However, I'm struggling to find services that aren't evil (Amazon, Apple, etc) or only hand over a pittance of proceeds (Spotify, Deezer, etc). Is there a downloading service that I should know about that isn't run by money grubbing wankers or do I just have to suck it up and give my hard earned cash to a bunch of shitbags and pretend that I'm "supporting" artists because they'll get about a penny an album?