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Re:Lessons from Growing a Piracy Streaming Site by thaumasiotes on Friday November 07, 2025 @07:58AM (#45845879)
> Each streaming service has their own exclusive deals with publishers and offer a completely different catalog of music

What? If a piece of music is on one streaming service, it's on all of them.

Re:Lessons from Growing a Piracy Streaming Site by brian626 on Friday November 07, 2025 @08:17AM (#45846022)
That may be true for bigger artists on major labels, but for smaller independent bands it’s not always the case. I am a heavy user and fan of Bandcamp for listening to and purchasing music but I use Spotify for listening in the car and sharing playlists. I often find albums that are only available on either Spotify or Bandcamp but not both.

The ones that aren’t available on Spotify tend to be self-released but otherwise there isn’t much of a pattern. Albums not on Bandcamp, though, tend to be mediocre at best.

And that’s not even mentioning bands that are pulling their music from Spotify in protest…

Re:Lessons from Growing a Piracy Streaming Site by tmerc on Friday November 07, 2025 @08:55AM (#45846388)
That's unfortunately not true.

In the US, this song is unavailable on Spotify where I found it, but available on YT music. Preface by Man Without Country. Given another 5 minutes, I could also find a song that is not listed on one but available on another.

https://music.you tube.com/watch?v=bvWjybBBFYs