I buy vinyl for older albums (or current favourite artists I follow that release LPs), and all my digital purchases are through Bandcamp. I host everything (flac or mp3 files) on a Navidrome server and stream from that.
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Download via newpipe/ tubular, buy used CDs. I occasionally also use https://www.music-map.com/ to discover new artists.
Dont really have a favorite artist, but im currently listening to a lot of irie revoltes just because i went to a concert of them semi-recently
Qobuz
Stored tunes on my phone via BT headphones.
Source: I have downloaded music through a torrent, I haven't done this for many years.
Mostly, I find music on Youtube and download that with an Android frontend such as PipePipe.
Using a video platform for audio beats me
Spotify, but thinking about switching to hosting my music locally
.mp3 + Gapless (on desktop) / Gramophone (Mobile)
I just browse Soundcloud and YouTube. Maybe I'm unusual but I don't like listening to the same things over and over unless I am feeling mercurial enough to put a track on loop, so the sites and channels where I can find a lot of new artists in quick succession work the best for me.
Heres some YouTube channels to find music on
Strange Music Inc
Epitaph Records
Spinnin' Records
Nuclear Blast Records
CloudKid
Fueled By Ramen
Metropolis Records
XKitoMusic
MrMoMMusic
MonstercatUncaged
Rock Montage
Cleopatra Records
and if you don't have a YT Alternative who can play all uploads then there are extensions for it.
Tidal
YT Revanced, and the algo shows me a bop here and there too, like 80s Japanese jazz!
revanced youtube music. i started collecting stuff in a youtube playlist a long time ago, and at this point i't be quite a hassle to switch, so i always put it off. also, you can't really beat the simplicity of discovering a song through the algorithm and instantly having available on all devices without having to faff around with downloading it to a selfhosted insert service
Spotify, though I'm not thrilled about it.
Until there's a pirate streaming/download service that recommends similar songs/artists, I don't think I'll switch.
RIP Spotube :(