I’ve been happy with Bandcamp. They got sold recently so their future is uncertain, but I downloaded all the music I bought.
They don’t really have an algorithm, but you can see who else purchased something, and they do blog posts about like “what’s new in [genre]” that’s worth reading. So far as I can tell it’s written by real people.
They also have regular “Bandcamp Fridays”, where they forego their 25% and give musicians 100% of proceeds for the day. It’s a good chance to directly support small artists.
I’ve been happy with Bandcamp. They got sold recently so their future is uncertain, but I downloaded all the music I bought.
They don’t really have an algorithm, but you can see who else purchased something, and they do blog posts about like “what’s new in [genre]” that’s worth reading. So far as I can tell it’s written by real people.
They also have regular “Bandcamp Fridays”, where they forego their 25% and give musicians 100% of proceeds for the day. It’s a good chance to directly support small artists.
Yeah, from the conversations I’ve had, they’re kind of the best of a bad bunch, all things considered.