Usually with BandCamp, you’ll get higher quality FLACs, although CDs are considered lossless despite the smaller sampling rate. Also, I like having a physical item 😃.

A couple of years back I gave up streaming for ownership. The main driver was the utterly unfair deal artists get, and the lack of ownership for my hard earned dollars.

At first, it felt like I was missing out, and I missed the algorithms that helped me find new music. Determined, I stuck at. Discovering BandCamp, and rediscovering CDs was instrumental. For algorithms, I actually found forums to be better, and connected to more amazing artists than before.

Where possible, I buy CDs. If not, I buy FLACs. From BandCamp, you can often get both. The CDs get ripped and stored unless I got FLACs too. I use MusicAssistant for streaming my own collection, and automatic file sync to keep a copy on my phone while on the go.

At the end of the day, I’ve a sizable collection, spend less than streaming (overall, obviously not up front), I have ownership, and artists get a much better deal 😃.

Fuck streaming from apple/Spotify or similar.

But who wants to gamble with Asus’s shady warranty antics? Once burned, twice shy.

No hopping. Debian.

VEIN

You can either wait or hop from VPN endpoint to endpoint, though both are workarounds. I’d suggest that we can expect more of this too.

Can I say female V from CP2077?

Okay, V is what you make of her, but damn the story bites hard. The voicing is superb, and customisations permissive.