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Re: FreeYourMusic lets users migrate their playlists off Spotify

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Post by read_if_gay_ »

ceejayoz wrote: post #111
tachion wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Out of pure curiosity, what's wrong with him? I don't feel his vibe so I never got into listening to him, but I was under impression he's popular and quite liked.

Many harmful things are popular and well liked. I dislike his interviewing style, in that I think he reliably lets guests just make assertions that go unchallenged. ( https://www.vice.com/en/article/9kv9qd/the-joe-rogan-experie... ) I find this particularly problematic when he's having "provocative" folks on; it gives them an enormous platform, and one that allows them to get Rogan to nod along where another intervie…

It's really ironic that you are backing up your claims for "substantial research" with links to Vice. The first one is literally just a hitpiece on Elon Musk. The second one's reasoning, built upon a lot of anecdotes, basically goes like this: Reddit banned deepfakes, and subsequently there were no more deepfakes on Reddit, so that's proof that it worked! I can't see it anymore in my bubble so it must be gone!

There is zero "substantial research" in there.

Re: FreeYourMusic lets users migrate their playlists off Spotify

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Post by calvano915 »

pmarreck wrote: post #106
calvano915 wrote: post #68

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Sure, though his position hasn't changed much on trans. I've always agreed with him that people who switch genders shouldn't be treated equally when it comes to contact sports like UFC. He's just been more distasteful about discussing it over time IMO. If I had to sum up how Rogan has changed, he reminds me of many older men who just start to become aholes to everyone and everything, and believe that everything alway…

> he reminds me of many older men who just start to become aholes to everyone and everything This smacks of ageism AND sexism, all at once! Congratulations, you've violated your own morality code. And you were SO close to the -ism hat trick, had you only referred to him as an "older white man" ;) It took a while for gay marriage to become broadly accepted. Trans is fighting the same battle now. He's a very typical ol…

I don't think it's just confined to white older men, rather old men generally as I stated. Not an absolute either, as I stated "many" and not "all". I'm not going to pretend that the majority of progressive minds are concentrated in the older populace, because constantly I find life experience to demonstrate otherwise.

I'm not sure what there is to "get" about trans. I think everyone deserves to be treated with decency and respect, while also believing there is plenty to discuss about the moral and ethical aspects of hormone treatment (particularly during childhood), genderless bathrooms, etc.

Re: FreeYourMusic lets users migrate their playlists off Spotify

#123

Post by pmarreck »

ceejayoz wrote: post #111
tachion wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Out of pure curiosity, what's wrong with him? I don't feel his vibe so I never got into listening to him, but I was under impression he's popular and quite liked.

Many harmful things are popular and well liked. I dislike his interviewing style, in that I think he reliably lets guests just make assertions that go unchallenged. ( https://www.vice.com/en/article/9kv9qd/the-joe-rogan-experie... ) I find this particularly problematic when he's having "provocative" folks on; it gives them an enormous platform, and one that allows them to get Rogan to nod along where another intervie…

It might reduce the impact of THEIR misinformation, but... I know a guy who loved Alex Jones (sigh) and he's now just reposting stuff by the likes of "The HighWire with Del Bigtree" instead, who is (unfortunately?) a LOT more convincing (has misinformation... evolved?)

Re: FreeYourMusic lets users migrate their playlists off Spotify

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Post by falcolas »

sabellito wrote: post #45
selykg wrote: post #34

I'm one of those speak with my wallet kind of people. So when I seen news of this yesterday I wrote into their support saying I was not pleased with it. Their response was some random canned response about how you can still export your data. I'm not a fan of lock in, and I'm even less thrilled about not actually responding to my actual questions and instead giving me some canned BS. I responded back telling them than…

It's a little surprising to me that you'd expect better customer support from a service with >248 million[1] monthly active users. Having worked for/with departments like this, they have to heavily optimise for their response rate, and use as many macros to respond as possible, which's probably your case as I'd assume that many customers contacted them with the same question. By all means, always speak with your wall…

Scale should never be an excuse for poor customer service. Customer service is part and parcel of offering a service to customers. A failure to offer good customer service is a failure of your service, period.

Re: FreeYourMusic lets users migrate their playlists off Spotify

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Post by matthewmacleod »

rbecker wrote: post #73
matthewmacleod wrote: post #55

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Yes, why is this weird to you? If a supermarket were out there promoting… I dunno, their range of confederate flags or something, I’d probably choose not to shop there.

What if they were promoting a company that funds misleading nutrition research to fool people into thinking sugar is less harmful, leading to countless early deaths and diabetes? What about a company that's the largest plastic polluter in the world, that also lobbies to kill regulation to reduce plastic pollution? It's hard to know the full extent of the harm microplastics cause the ecosystem, but it's unlikely to be…

How far do you have to drive to find a supermarket that doesn't sell Coca-Cola? Or is that not worth the same level of condemnation as interviewing the wrong person?

Everybody gets to choose what they are and are not willing to support with their money. Some things I am willing to compromise to avoid; other things I am not. Extremely strange to me how many of you want to perform these weird mental gymnastics to suggest that people should be ashamed of not handing their money over to people or causes they disagree with.

Re: FreeYourMusic lets users migrate their playlists off Spotify

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Post by turbinerneiter »

falcolas wrote: post #124
sabellito wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a little surprising to me that you'd expect better customer support from a service with >248 million[1] monthly active users. Having worked for/with departments like this, they have to heavily optimise for their response rate, and use as many macros to respond as possible, which's probably your case as I'd assume that many customers contacted them with the same question. By all means, always speak with your wall…

Scale should never be an excuse for poor customer service. Customer service is part and parcel of offering a service to customers. A failure to offer good customer service is a failure of your service, period.

You pay them 120 bucks per year.

I get great customer service at the local record store, where I pay 30 bucks for an LP.

Re: FreeYourMusic lets users migrate their playlists off Spotify

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Post by pacamara619 »

falcolas wrote: post #124
sabellito wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a little surprising to me that you'd expect better customer support from a service with >248 million[1] monthly active users. Having worked for/with departments like this, they have to heavily optimise for their response rate, and use as many macros to respond as possible, which's probably your case as I'd assume that many customers contacted them with the same question. By all means, always speak with your wall…

Scale should never be an excuse for poor customer service. Customer service is part and parcel of offering a service to customers. A failure to offer good customer service is a failure of your service, period.

Exactly, companies just see people who need support as pure cost, since they can't make money off someone who already paid for the service, they treat you like garbage.

Re: FreeYourMusic lets users migrate their playlists off Spotify

#129

Post by ceejayoz »

read_if_gay_ wrote: post #121
ceejayoz wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Many harmful things are popular and well liked. I dislike his interviewing style, in that I think he reliably lets guests just make assertions that go unchallenged. ( https://www.vice.com/en/article/9kv9qd/the-joe-rogan-experie... ) I find this particularly problematic when he's having "provocative" folks on; it gives them an enormous platform, and one that allows them to get Rogan to nod along where another intervie…

It's really ironic that you are backing up your claims for "substantial research" with links to Vice. The first one is literally just a hitpiece on Elon Musk. The second one's reasoning, built upon a lot of anecdotes, basically goes like this: Reddit banned deepfakes, and subsequently there were no more deepfakes on Reddit, so that's proof that it worked! I can't see it anymore in my bubble so it must be gone! There…

The first is an example of where Rogan doesn't push subjects and takes an overly credulous line of interviewing. A more recent example is him spreading the "antifa is starting fires" bullshit, which he later had to walk back.

There are actual studies on the impact of Reddit deplatforming, specifically around the /r/fatpeoplehate and /r/coontown bans. http://comp.social.gatech.edu/papers/cscw18-chand-hate.pdf

Re: FreeYourMusic lets users migrate their playlists off Spotify

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Post by kekington »

DangerousPie wrote: post #12

I have been looking to move away from Spotify for a while now due to their lacklustre support for iOS devices. Is there a good comparison between Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Prime Music somewhere, especially in terms of their coverage?

I've been wanting to write about my experiences with the streaming services that I've tried (Spotify, Deezer, AM, YTM, Tidal...) so I guess this seems like a good opportunity. This was a bit long for just a comment so I'm sharing a pastebin.

https://pastebin.com/KG5huAnn

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