Hey folks,
I made the switch to Android from iOS and I am looking for an equivalent to the iTunes store for buying music! Is there a good option or am I sort of shoe horned into subscribing to a streaming service?
Edit: Thanks for all the replies everyone!
Amazon is probably your best bet. I am not sure if they still do this but I bought a few CDs back in 1999 and Amazon added the MP3s to my “owned” library. I found it to be a cool way to own both physical and cloud stored digital copies.
I also found this CNET list that might be useful.
Not Amazon Music the streaming service. Amazon the store. You can (or at least you could) buy your music in MP3 format. I have to check.if you still can.
EDIT: Yes, they still sell MP3s
I see, and you can just download them? If so that’s good. I’ve seen issues where people are struggling to play their purchased music on the Amazon Music app, but if you can download them then that doesn’t matter…
If you are on Android just pirate it, answer “I wanna pirate” for more info.
You don’t need to be on android to play pirated music. OP clearly is more interested in supporting the artists.
That’s actually a surprise to me, seeing how they wouldn’t let people sideload. Can’t believe the app store would allow pirates.
There’s no security implications with allowing users to play mp3 files, they don’t care where they came from. 75% of my library is music that I either pirated or ripped from my own CDs, it’s not like iTunes (now Music) can tell which is mine and which isn’t. Same thing with movies/tv shows.
Support the artists ? Buying from Apple (or Amazon etc) sees you supporting Apple, supporting the publisher, the RIAA. The Artist is at the end of a long chain of grifters and middle men taking their pound of flesh… I’d love to support the artists, if I could donate directly to them. The ones who aren’t, like Taylor Swift don’t need more supoort.
Does iTunes still even sell music? I really miss $0.99 tracks…
There’s Bandcamp.
There’s free good quality music apps on F-Droid, a sort of catalogue where you can side load apps. That’s Android, power to the user!
Here is the link to get F-Droid, https://f-droid.org/
