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Re: Freemediaheckyeah – A collection of free stuff on the internet

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Post by gsinclair »

eucyclos wrote: post #9
parpfish wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In the music space, piracy won. After Napster, there was no going back from giving people immediate unlimited access to everything. Streamers like Spotify learned that there’s a price point that is low enough for people to “round down” and forget it’s on their monthly credit card statement, but high enough that major label execs are happy. The trick is ignoring what the artists want.

Bandcamp does ok without ignoring what the artists want. I think the biggest issue with buying directly from the musician isn't the price but the friction of purchasing online

And the friction of storing stuff. I want to listen to music, not manage a collection.

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Post by BLKNSLVR »

mediaconsumer wrote: post #19

stremio + debrid had been nice for most things. after a bunch of random stremio plugin outages i built my own little app that just talks to apibay and the debrid back end and links it up to vlc a few months ago and have just used that.

Having some knowledge about 'how the sausage is made', the smoothness of a stremio + debrid setup feels pretty close to magic.

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Post by akoboldfrying »

stackghost wrote: post #17
CobrastanJorji wrote: post #15

Note for the hacker crowd: they don't mean free as in speech. They mean free as in beer that fell off a truck.

When I was coming up, hackers embraced both those definitions. "Information wants to be free" and "fuck corporations" were our guiding principles. Edit: to the dead comment in reply to this one, of course it's more nuanced than "all information should be public at all times". It's almost like a 5-word axiom necessarily omits nuance in exchange for brevity. Hackers also used to exhibit critical thinking skills, sheesh…

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Post by atomicnumber3 »

parpfish wrote: post #20
jamboca wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

jesus go to a basement it's like $15 at most and you can meet actual artists

Most of the people that complain about ticket prices are going to ticketmaster venues to see elaborate productions built by the biggest artists in the world. When I tell people that I used to go to at least one show every week on my grad student stipend they are very confused. It’s because I was seeing music by local bands or up-and-coming acts that would charge $10 in the back of a dive bar. Those types of shows are…

Lots of local metal shows are in the $15 range, so not too far off

Re: Freemediaheckyeah – A collection of free stuff on the internet

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Post by akoboldfrying »

zetanor wrote: post #24
akoboldfrying wrote: post #22

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You can find their work for free here: https://fmhy.net Just keep it hush-hush.

Thanks, but I should have been clearer: I meant the work they use to pay for their groceries.

That's the good stuff.

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Post by staplers »

akoboldfrying wrote: post #26
stackghost wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When I was coming up, hackers embraced both those definitions. "Information wants to be free" and "fuck corporations" were our guiding principles. Edit: to the dead comment in reply to this one, of course it's more nuanced than "all information should be public at all times". It's almost like a 5-word axiom necessarily omits nuance in exchange for brevity. Hackers also used to exhibit critical thinking skills, sheesh…

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Meta, openai, google have a bridge to sell you

Re: Freemediaheckyeah – A collection of free stuff on the internet

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Post by dottjt »

mediaconsumer wrote: post #19

stremio + debrid had been nice for most things. after a bunch of random stremio plugin outages i built my own little app that just talks to apibay and the debrid back end and links it up to vlc a few months ago and have just used that.

Which debrid service do you use?
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