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Re:Bandcamp is waiving fees today in support of artists by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Saturday May 02, 2020 @10:45AM (#23052069)
There is also HD Tracks

https://www.hdtracks.com/

Re:Bandcamp is waiving fees today in support of artists by Mr_Sweater on Saturday May 02, 2020 @11:08AM (#23052170)
Re:Bandcamp is waiving fees today in support of artists by deng on Saturday May 02, 2020 @05:40PM (#23055154)
Bleep still does this thing where they skip to the next track after a minute of preview. This was and still is the real great thing about Bandcamp: They treat you like an adult and let you preview in OK quality for as long and often as you like. And if people only listen to previews and never buy - fine, those people would never buy anyway, whether the preview is skipped after a minute or not.
Re:Bandcamp is waiving fees today in support of artists by LeoPanthera on Saturday May 02, 2020 @04:04PM (#23054491)
Seconding Bleep - who also continue to sell music on physical formats. A marvellous store.
Re:Bandcamp is waiving fees today in support of artists by pacomerh on Saturday May 02, 2020 @05:39PM (#23055150)
+1, Bleep is a shop created by Warp Records. Home of many artists I love
Re:Bandcamp is waiving fees today in support of artists by choward on Saturday May 02, 2020 @11:55AM (#23052461)
I don't mind paying for my music but $18 to download one album is absurd. As much as I dislike Amazon I can download DRM free music for a lot cheaper.
Re:Bandcamp is waiving fees today in support of artists by techsupporter on Saturday May 02, 2020 @12:07PM (#23052565)
I wish HDTracks hadn't gone entirely over to their "music downloader application." Bandcamp is far preferable to me in that they spit out a FLAC link at the conclusion of the transaction.
Re:Bandcamp is waiving fees today in support of artists by layoutIfNeeded on Saturday May 02, 2020 @12:17PM (#23052660)
Well, HDTracks' target audience is middle-aged audiophiles and dadrock enthusiasts, so it's natural that their price point will be higher than on the indie end of the spectrum (aka Bandcamp). Also, there will be more middlemen chipping off their share when you buy from HDtracks.