hear me out: MP3 downloads

a lot of platforms have a legal MP3 download you can buy and it also gives the artist money, depending on the platform, I could likely buy an album for under 10$.
also, some smaller artists on platforms like YouTube I have seen will give a link to download their song for free (I can't think of any artists in particular at this second, but i've seen small vocaloid/utsu/syth v artists have download links in their MV discriptions^^^) another good place to check for artists willingly letting you download their song for free would likely be new grounds, but it's a 16+ website so if you're under that age just wait.

I get that mp3 downloads are usually associated with illegal activity and schetchy websites, but it doesn't have to be. and it's a good way to get music online and OWN it and not need to pay 15$ a month for a subscription service

(luckily if u save a short in a playlist and watch it through the playlist itll be a normal video and u can dislike it, we should start doing this bc it would be funny since it would mean they got rid of the dislike button for nothing)