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We got jobs and pay Spotify (or someone) for music now.
It's difficult and expensive sometimes, and it also feels wrong not to be able to share them with others.
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WhatCD was pretty damn good, I'd say it rivalled Oink. Remember the bounty on that MSFT forensic tool? The copy of the unreleased JD Salinger novel? Both fulfilled...
Lmao I remember the bounty for COFEE was up so high.. and it was super anti-climactic when it finally showed up. Nobody was impressed
The destruction of knowledge and culture wrought by copyright lawyers amounts to at least 1000 Libraries Alexandria.
I'm still salty about the loss of OiNK and the cruft of junk that is streaming services. Finding new artists is near impossible with the profit focus of streaming services today. Spotify insists that you listen to product placement paid top one this week, no matter if you've just had a two hour session of death metal, it insists that you want to hear whatever top-star released last week. Apple is similar, but on thei…
I'm still salty about the loss of OiNK and the cruft of junk that is streaming services. Finding new artists is near impossible with the profit focus of streaming services today. Spotify insists that you listen to product placement paid top one this week, no matter if you've just had a two hour session of death metal, it insists that you want to hear whatever top-star released last week. Apple is similar, but on thei…
I'm slowly returning to curating my own music files and integrating them into my homelab via Jellyfin and Fintunes (can be found on F-Droid). I currently keep Spotify around for its podcast archive but those days are likely numbered as well. I'll end up supporting them forever though, since weaning my family members off of its convenience is unlikely to happen.
Edit to suggest "Cloudspeakers Weekly Chart" as my recommendation for a curated Spotify playlist with a wide variety of new music with updates on Saturdays. Occasionally includes pop hits, but I've otherwise found lots of new artists in there. Found it through a recommendation on here, definitely not through Spotify itself.
Who else was here? God damn does this bring back memories.
Was so sad to see oink go. What cd did a good job but nowhere close to oink. I feel there was one more that I’m missing after oink.
Oink was first to try, but what was the greatest collection of music in the history of the world with a lasting open source legacy to this day.
RIP to a real one. Nothing since has been as good
It was more like napster though and not torrent based iirc.
When I'm actively listening to music I want the interface to serve that purpose; just give me a list of albums, artists and song titles and let me filter them. Easily managing a playlist is also not a thing anymore although maybe that's just me. It's unintuitive.
I remember it well. Before their store went offline I ended up buying two T-shirts. I wore one and the other one might still be in the bag brand new. Has to be worth something by now.