I'm currently trying to get free streaming music throughout this year 2024. Many streaming services have free trial periods - some lasting as long as 4 months. I'm am currently using Amazon Music Unlimited free for 3 months. I'm in the second month of this now, being February. When this one runs out, I'll be moving to the next free trial - YouTube Music.

I made a video about some of the streaming services I'll be using under the title "10 Spotify alternatives", including some that are not really strictly the same as Spotify. The views are picking up, indicating that a lot of people are interested in this stuff.

I did, however, get a comment asking "where can I BUY music". It wasn't really a question, it was a statement of frustration, and disapproval I guess, that streaming music has taken over the music industry. They implied that streaming services like Apple Music and Spotify are ripping off the artists.

I replied saying they can still buy music at supermarkets, or online on websites like Amazon. I'm sure they already know this, but I was replying with the same energy of the comment :). It's not like those artists are making any more money from CDs. Probably even less. Some artists have improved their situation by selling direct to customer on their own websites. If they're big enough, they can probably make more releasing directly on a streaming service like YouTube. It all depends.

Either way, I'm not to blame haha. It's not like I'm a record label or a streaming service myself 😂

Peace & Love,

Adé