

Though this is a severe exploit, note that you need already user access to the machine to use it.
Dor like … Everyone here who learns from it cis this need it’s likely a non issue. Still good practice to fix but if you didn’t share your user space this will not be the attack vector you will fall victim to - most likely.





You miss the consumption pattern behind streaming though: I don’t want (and literally can’t afford to) …
This is not intended to take away from your core point: (direct) purchase is a better way of giving money to artists, second only to direct donations (i can’t talk about concerts because of the whole venue discussions I’ve heard on the side).
Now comes the tough part:
On paper it’s straight forward for me: just donate like 10 or 20 bucks a month to your personal flavor of the month - but … To whom? I just checked, today alone were 20 artists played.
The shitty thing is, and I’m sharing this to perhaps shame me into acting: this is quite easily solvable, but I just don’t invest the energy needed to figure it out for me.
Sorry for the long rant style, tldr is:
I have no use for owning albums, streaming provide a true value for me and I’m (realizing after writing this) obviously too cheap, stupid and lazy to give bak.