Americans quit streaming services as cost of living continues to climb, report finds
www.independent.co.uk
About 40 percent of Americans have cut back on streaming services in the last three months because of financial concerns, according to a recent report

Nearly 75% of Americans are frustrated that the streaming platform they subscribe to keeps raising their prices. With 40% having cut back their streaming subscriptions in the last three months due to financial concerns and rising costs of living.

These companies continue to raise prices, hoping inertia will prevent most people from switching. This is true not only for streaming sites but also for all these platforms.

We need to move away from businesses that exploit their monopolies and try to get your content or goods directly, where possible.

Some alternatives you can check out…

Media:

  • Nebula
  • Dropout TV
  • Corridor Digital

Music:

  • Qobuz (buy directly from artists)
  • Soundcloud (artist-driven)
  • Bandcamp (buy directly from artists)

The same principle applies to Uber, Amazon and many others.

  • remotelove@lemmy.ca
    11·
    3 days ago

    There is always on-again, off-again drama with Bandcamp. While it’s generally not as bad as services like Distrokid or others, it’s always worth a bit of digging (and reading fine print) if you leverage any third-party service. They were also bought out by Songtradr some time last year or so.

    @topsongattourney has a review of their TOS here: https://youtu.be/EywCOmOUreQ (probably a bit dated by now) While her style is a bit drama focused/click baity, she has worked with Benn Jordan and Venus Theory in the past which is a major plus for her reputation for me, IMHO.

    (OP, I am not sure if the list of service providers you listed were in a positive or negative context by the way you worded the description, but that is probably just a “me” problem… Regardless, I 100% agree with the purpose and motivation of this post.)

    Music services are always in a state of flux, so review everything before you distribute or sign-over any works. It seriously sucks that new producers have to basically be lawyers as a side-gig these days and has absolutely prevented me from releasing anything at all.