Last.fm turns 20
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Last.fm turns 20
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#2Last.fm was fantastic when it first came out, it was one of the few instances where I felt that I actually 'owned' the data I was sending to it. I discovered many new artists through it.
I think its decline will probably correlate with people's transition from MP3s to streaming services. It was pretty sad when that breach happened, as that felt like a nail in the coffin.
https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/01/43-million-passwords-hacke...
That said, I do occasionally stumble upon Last FM in search results and it's slightly surprising and slightly pleasant to still see it around.
The 'burgeoning' Discord presence (400,000 total users) doesn't feel like a lot however, it still feels like a niche interest group.
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#3Still use Last.fm. Great service and a nice API to boot if you're wanting to make anything music-y. Integrates nicely into Spotify for playback statistics.
Shame it's pretty much on life-support now and any new features seem to behind a paywall.
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#4I discovered so much music through last.fm back in the day. There were so many obscure and weird bands to find in their «Related artists» and whole genres I feel I’d never have heard of if not for last.fm
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#5Last.fm was maybe the only music player that had a genuine social component - you were actually motivated to follow people there, unlike Spotify or anything else. Glad to see they are still around but sad at the same time they were not able to make a mega commercial success. Hope their time will come
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#6I hope Last.FM never goes away; I've been tracking my scrobbles since 2005
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#7Lastcord (last.fm on discord) is the place to be if you miss last.fm groups
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#8Last.fm was cool and had huge community but cbs bought it and rewrote it making it slower, clunkier and removing features, essentially destroying it.
Back in the day practically all players (including spotify) had scrobbling support.
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#9Last.fm was cool and had huge community but cbs bought it and rewrote it making it slower, clunkier and removing features, essentially destroying it. Back in the day practically all players (including spotify) had scrobbling support.
Anyone found a better scrobbling service? Preferably that one can self host?
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#10I'm curious how easy it would be to make a pure scrobbling service competitor to last.fm.