There is nothing at this level of convenience that is not woke and/or evil. Seek ways to support the artist directly. You can do this individually, by visiting their website and seeing if they offer direct digital downloads. Or you can do this via Bandcamp for indie artists, they have a Fair Trade Music Policy ensuring the artist gets about 80-85% of the money, and they offer lossless digital downloads. There is also HDtracks with a sizable lossless catalog. All in all, be prepared for a little inconvenience in exchange for doing the right thing.

There is nothing at this level of convenience that is not woke and/or evil. Seek ways to support the artist directly. You can do this individually, by visiting their website and seeing if they offer direct digital downloads. Or you can do this via Bandcamp for indie artists, they have a Fair Trade Music Policy ensuring the artist gets about 80-85% of the money, and they offer lossless digital downloads. There is also HDtracks with a sizable lossless catalog. Or Murfie, which is a very clever idea: they store your physical CDs and rip them for you, and users can trade their CDs on the platform, resulting in the albums – and therefore, digital copies – changing ownership without the physical copies actually moving anywhere; the downside is that the artist sees no money out of this. All in all, we need to be prepared for a little inconvenience.