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I actually built a stereo system that can play CDs recently and have stared buying used CDs to play on it.
I don't really mind paying the equivalent of a drink or two from a vending machine for an album from a band that I like. And I get a neat physical thing that I can look at.
I personally download YouTube videos, convert them to MP3 and then add metadata to them.
All tools I know support downloading mp3 or ogg directly. You could streamline your process there a bit.
I really like Apple Music. Actually supports lossless, unlike Spotify, and it just feels much more music focused. Spotify has become too bloated, and I view it more as a "sound" app than a music app.
I feel there is room for improvement over the soulseek network, though that's about the best there is right now. It doesn't take advantage of downloading from multiple peers (like torrents), quality is good in practice but hard to be sure until you listen, and is missing rare / non-western music.
While streaming apps offer a decent value, I don't like the level of lock in. I have music from CDs and other sources that are a first class part of my library, and using only a streaming app would make them harder to access.
If it's on Deezer https://free-mp3-download.net is your friend.
The deezload telegram bot is a better alternative imo
I just download all of my music with a Telegram bot tbh