mostly listen via youtube, sometimes buy music via bandcamp, but usually not downloading nor listening via it, it is just an act of reward and encouragement.

i have a several vinyls and a cd, that i cannot get rid of, because the artist does not sell his music anymore. (but i have no way to play it).

I use spotify for most of my listening, but I also buy a lot from bandcamp (digitally). I keep my purchases downloaded on my home server and on my phone for offline use.

I usually download my FLACs from Bandcamp or Deezer. Sometimes I rip them from CD when I can’t find an album anywhere else.

I stream them from Jellyfin afterwards.

I actually use archive.org for a lot of live concert recordings. bands like the Grateful Dead and Phish have been allowing/sort of encouraging fans to record and freely share their concerts for a long time and it’s all just out there to listen to and download as much as you want. there’s also the official streaming services like nugs.net and LivePhish for higher quality professionally recorded concerts, the subscription is kind of pricey but I think the artists get a better cut than on regular streaming services.

other than that I do use Spotify a bit and try to buy stuff on Bandcamp to support the artists when I can.

I have some vinyl and pick up more occasionally from yard sales or thrift shops.

I’m really big on using a YouTube converter to MP3. I try to find HD/HQ versions of songs I want and then pick highest conversion rate.

Spotify for finding new music and most of my listening.

I’ll buy vinyl for my favorite albums or if I see something at the record store that takes my fancy.

I’ll usually listen to my records while cooking or if I want to just sit and listen as a primary activity

Soulseek (with the nicotine+ client) is pretty good

Bandcamp and very rarely SLSK.

When I find a song, I like to keep it. Streaming cant do that. You can create playlists of course, but they may at any time silently remove or replace that song. You dont know suffering until you’ve heard a bad cover of Hotel California.

Now I only buy mp3s. Mostly from 7digital.com or Bandcamp. Amazon dont sell music to Norwegians somewhy. The last album I bought I finally had to download iTunes because thats the only place except for Amazon they released. The app wasnt as intrusive and DRM enforcing anymore as it used to be a long time ago. So I might use iTunes a bit more now. (Yeah, I tend to hold a grudge against software companies for a LONG time. You hear that, reddit!)

Got all my mp3s (23 GB) stored on Onedrive, and use CloudPlayer on android to stream it wherever.

yt-dlp from yt, SoundCloud etc. Download from Bandcamp, Spotify free. Basically I use everything where the music lives and then download it.

I buy CDs and rip them.

I refuse to stream because of the possibility of services shutting down and losing all the music you “purchased” (never mind needing an internet connection), and the sorts of copy protection and other things I’ve encountered when purchasing digital music turned me off of the whole thing years ago. Now I have all of my music on my phone, on my computer, and a physical backup too.

Plus, you can sometimes find CDs cheap at garage sales and thrift stores so there’s a fun treasure hunt aspect there too.

I use Apple music. It may not have all the indie artists of Bandcamp or whatever, but it’s super convenient, it has all the music I need, and it works so smoothly within the Apple ecosystem. Every device I have can share my account and pickup where another device left off. Plus the family account works great where everyone in my family can have their own account while there’s only one payment per month.

I buy my music on BandCamp when I can and physical when I can. I prefer to buy albums on CD, other than Dungeon Synth music (which I prefer to buy on cassette for the sake of consistency). I do also own a number of albums on vinyl and/or cassette, most of the time because it is the only format I can get a physical copy in. I keep digital copies of all my music both on my desktop and on my jellyfin server.

I buy mostly from bandcamp and Amazon.

I use Plex to host my music. It’s not super difficult to set up. And Plexamp is a pretty good player.

Plex also has the option for you to subscribe to Tidal, which I do. And the ability to stream my own music that’s not available anywhere on any stream plus almost everything out there that Spotify has is the best combo.

Jellyfin is another server like Plex, but I haven’t ever set it up so I don’t know how involved it is.

Same for me, first Bandcamp then 7digital. When neither have what I’m looking for, I’ll check on Discogs for a used CD.