• Jhex@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    What are you talking about? I have had YouTube Music, Spotify and Deezer… none allow you to download music you can copy elsewhere.

    YouTube Music allows you to dowload the song you uploaded to it (but you already owned all that so they are not giving you any favours) and the rest allow to download encrypted, DRM protected files which you can only play on their apps… certainly not copy them to as many drives as we like

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      3 months ago

      You can buy DRM-free music files from various services including Bandcamp, Amazon, and iTunes.

      As far as I know, the three you mentioned are streaming services only with no option for purchase.

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        3 months ago

        Bandcamp, yes (I think)… Amazon or iTunes, no. There are guides on how to remove them but you are “pirating” as per their worthless rules

        As far as I know, the three you mentioned are streaming services only with no option for purchase.

        Yes, and streaming services is what I thought we were talking about

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          3 months ago

          Music purchases are DRM-free on both services. The guides are referring to local downloads while subscribed to Amazon’s streaming service, which are DRM-protected as you’re only renting them.