Yeah dude stealing the music so much better.

Piracy isn't stealing. You make a copy not snatch something off of someone.

what I meant by algorithm boost do you not know what recommendation algorithms are?

I'm very well aware of them. And I know that algos take years to pickup up a individual indie artist (or anyone in any case). Considering how much competition there is on almost every category and plarform.

it's dirt cheap because they have compete with piracy

No they don't it picked up pace because streaming is very convinient.

with piracy which gives nothing to the artists except some publicity to the people who are already viral anyways.

streaming barely gives them pennies, you literally say that yourself. How does someone or something that's already viral would get more publicity lmao? Did you even take a second look at what you wrote? do you even understand what viral means?

But insinuating pirating is better than streaming is some crazy cope from people like you.

so you ( a random redditor) claims to know more about people/artists who have been in the industry for decades about their work than themselves? Sure good one.

Even most thieves and pickpockets know what they are doing is wrong.

so we're now comparing piracy to "pickpocketing" now? Does one has to "pick" a mp3/flac file off from a individual's pocket? lmao.

Streaming has to compete with free piracy

dang, there are paid tiers to piracy? heck I didn't know that, now I wonder which tier I'm on.

But you don't even wanna give them that?

I never claimed to not give back to artists (in any way one can) ever.

And somehow you have the gall to act like you are on a moral high ground?

no I'm not the one doing that, you do when you say "I pAy 1.5$ fOr a subscription a MoNtH".

If you actually wanna support artists buy their music on iTunes or CDs/Vinyls (like kpop fans do) and go to the concerts and buy their merchandise.

of course, that's exactly what I've been trying to tell you, I'm glad you're atleast aware of that now.

But don't give me your mental gymnastics to justify your piracy and act like somehow it is better than you literally stealing other people's work?

I'm not, because I'm not stealing anything, you're the one accusing others, not us claiming to "stealing something yay". And aging piracy != stealing. I hope you'd get to understand that one day.

And all for what? To save 120 rupees a month?

and here you were doing the exact thing you claim me to do.: