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It's Not Just You: Music Streaming Is Broken Now (www.youtube.com)
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Welcome to the era of only Spotify Plays matter - let's take a look at the underbelly of streaming scams affecting independent artists.

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[–] cosmo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Almost no one can, or have equipment that can make the difference. That being said, the difference between an old mp3 and a new one is sometimes noticeable at the same bitrate. The encoding algorithm has improved a quite lot since the late 90s. I bet a lot of people who say they hear the difference think about those old encodes.

I keep flacs as a master format that I make new encodes from when I want it on my phone and such though.