Post #91332
2025-12-24 16:05 UTC
Replies (14)
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@cloudforms@piefed.blahaj.zone 2025-12-24 16:10
Bandcamp! It lets you download a few different file types. Not sure about comics and movies, though. I would also like to know the answer to that one.
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@Ithorian@hexbear.net 2025-12-24 16:28
If buying isn't owning pirating isn't stealing. 
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@reallyzen@lemmy.ml 2025-12-24 16:28
Music : Quobuz - buy it, download it, it's yours. Books : ebooks.com - same [EDIT:] if you buy within their "DRM free" selection.
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@skarn@discuss.tchncs.de 2025-12-24 20:31
For movies there are basically no real options to buy DRM free video. There are a few very minor sources like the VOD store of Vimeo, but catalog is limited. The only functional option for most content is to buy a drive compatible with Libredrive, get a license for makemkv, and just rip blu-ray discs, but that comes with a high startup cost and is more involved.
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@RavenofDespair@lemmy.ml 2025-12-24 16:25
forgot to say humblebundle.com is the only place i know you and buy and own comics files like pdf and cbz.
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@SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 2025-12-24 21:59
There's 7digital, which has a music store offering DRM-free MP3 downloads, as well as FLAC for many selections.
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@josephc@lemmy.ml 2025-12-25 04:52
Bandcamp for music. Libro.fm for audiobooks.
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@AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 2025-12-24 20:36
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@wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2025-12-24 16:38
Most DRMed ebook filetypes can be converted to non-DRM ones using Calibre and addons for it. That *might* cover comics, but I can't confirm as I've never been into digital comics. Apple's iTunes used to let you pay like 30¢ more to get certain tracks in mp3. Others have mentioned bandcamp. About a decade ago Amazon used to be straight mp3 downloads for purchased tracks, but I'm not sure if that's standard anymore.
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@trilobite@lemmy.ml 2025-12-25 10:08
What i find interesting is that pubblishes have gone to every length to reduce the benefits of consumers and increase their margins. Yet, pirating is still there. The question is whethere it has reduced. I was pretty content with buying media i liked and then ripping it but nowadays there is hardly a new CD or DVD being produced. Subscriptions are not the way, especially when only a few large players are controlling the market. They just do what they want.
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@alexquiniou@lemmy.zip 2025-12-26 09:14
Hi For music : - bandcamp - quobuzz - subvert.fm - ampwall.com I use heavely alternative.to for finding apps and website.
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@Valarie@lemmygrad.ml 2025-12-25 08:50
I would independently send money to the people who make the content and just pirate it honestly because then you support the creator and also get to control your content as much as you want
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@daannii@lemmy.world 2025-12-25 04:02
Well. I bought myself an extra 2tb ssd drive and I pirate all the media I want. It's mine. Forever (or until the drive takes a poop). I use VLC to watch any videos. Free open source video player. I just hook my PC to my TV via HDMI to watch whatever. (There are ways to turn off your laptop screen while doing this if you want). I use bit torrents to pirate. Piratebay is still out there for torrents. I get audio books from audiobookbay and I get ebooks from librarygenesis. I get comics from.. somewhere. I can check later and get you a link if you want. I put those on my tablet and read them with some free app. Cbr files. I used to pay for media. Like a shmuck. Got tired of paying subscription services where my favorite shows just disappeared randomly. Or paying for multiple subscriptions that kept increasing in $$ every year. Nah . Pirating is the way. Every now and then I'll buy an actual DVD for an old movie if I can't find a torrent for it. Usually used on eBay. At least I own it. But yeah. Get you an extra drive. Just get the raw files yourself.
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@daggermoon@lemmy.world 2025-12-26 09:17
My god, please use lossless flac or wav or something. mp3 is such a garbage format.