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Re: Creator of everynoise.com laid off from Spotify

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Post by mingus88 »

Nullabillity wrote: post #58
Yodel0914 wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm in the same boat - have been very happily paying for Spotify family for many years, love the access to music, but hate the way they push crap I don't care about. And their recommendation algorithm has never really worked for me. In part out of frustration with Spotify, and in part to hedge against streaming disappearing one day, I'm in the process of ripping my exiting CD collection to FLAC, and buying either dig…

> In part out of frustration with Spotify, and in part to hedge against streaming disappearing one day, I'm in the process of ripping my exiting CD collection to FLAC, and buying either digital or physical copies of my favourite albums. This is bizarre to me. So to punish the record industry for ruining Spotify you're... giving them even more money?

In 2024 you can buy directly from the artists in many ways that are more beneficial to them than a streaming subscription.

I make it a point to buy a couple of albums a month from Bandcamp. The artists get a much larger cut than whatever I have been streaming of theirs, and in exchange I can listen as much as I want, completely offline, without any surveillance of my listening habits.

https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/how-much-more-money-artists-e...

Re: Creator of everynoise.com laid off from Spotify

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Post by mingus88 »

candiddevmike wrote: post #60
lacrimacida wrote: post #42

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Why don’t you pull the plug then?

Where should I go? I looked at Tidal, seemed like a possibility, but I'm not sure if they have the same selection. I have no interest in YouTube Music, Apple Music, or Prime Music.

Rotate through some 30 trials and see. I did this with Tidal and Qobuz, both were good in different ways.

I ended up with Bandcamp+Spotify. I find new stuff on streaming and then buy it on bandcamp. Store all the FLAC files in a plex server and stream as much as I want from my library.

Plexamp even has some new ML features where they can generate playlists based entirely from your own library.

Re: Creator of everynoise.com laid off from Spotify

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Post by Yodel0914 »

Nullabillity wrote: post #58
Yodel0914 wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm in the same boat - have been very happily paying for Spotify family for many years, love the access to music, but hate the way they push crap I don't care about. And their recommendation algorithm has never really worked for me. In part out of frustration with Spotify, and in part to hedge against streaming disappearing one day, I'm in the process of ripping my exiting CD collection to FLAC, and buying either dig…

> In part out of frustration with Spotify, and in part to hedge against streaming disappearing one day, I'm in the process of ripping my exiting CD collection to FLAC, and buying either digital or physical copies of my favourite albums. This is bizarre to me. So to punish the record industry for ruining Spotify you're... giving them even more money?

Who said I wanted to punish the record industry?

I'm not sure any of my issues with Spotify (pushing podcasts and audiobooks, nonsense UI changes etc) have anything to do with the record industry.

Re: Creator of everynoise.com laid off from Spotify

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Post by Yodel0914 »

mingus88 wrote: post #61
Nullabillity wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> In part out of frustration with Spotify, and in part to hedge against streaming disappearing one day, I'm in the process of ripping my exiting CD collection to FLAC, and buying either digital or physical copies of my favourite albums. This is bizarre to me. So to punish the record industry for ruining Spotify you're... giving them even more money?

In 2024 you can buy directly from the artists in many ways that are more beneficial to them than a streaming subscription. I make it a point to buy a couple of albums a month from Bandcamp. The artists get a much larger cut than whatever I have been streaming of theirs, and in exchange I can listen as much as I want, completely offline, without any surveillance of my listening habits. https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/h…

Yep, I buy from bandcamp where I can. Where I can't (usually bigger artists) I can usually buy from qobuz.

Re: Creator of everynoise.com laid off from Spotify

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Post by shermantanktop »

blakesterz wrote: post #3

They also wrote a blog post on being laid off here: https://www.furia.com/page.cgi?type=log&id=473

This is well-written, insightful, and heartfelt. I’ve lived both sides of this, but the dedicated people who led with their heart stay with me, even while the crushing logic of business reality kicks and renders their passion an aberration.

Re: Creator of everynoise.com laid off from Spotify

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Post by Nullabillity »

Yodel0914 wrote: post #63
Nullabillity wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> In part out of frustration with Spotify, and in part to hedge against streaming disappearing one day, I'm in the process of ripping my exiting CD collection to FLAC, and buying either digital or physical copies of my favourite albums. This is bizarre to me. So to punish the record industry for ruining Spotify you're... giving them even more money?

Who said I wanted to punish the record industry? I'm not sure any of my issues with Spotify (pushing podcasts and audiobooks, nonsense UI changes etc) have anything to do with the record industry.

The record industry are major shareholders in Spotify. They are effectively one and the same.

Re: Creator of everynoise.com laid off from Spotify

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Post by shepherdjerred »

blakesterz wrote: post #3

They also wrote a blog post on being laid off here: https://www.furia.com/page.cgi?type=log&id=473

This post feels taken straight out of my mind. I've never been good at being just another cog. My value as an engineer comes not from the things that I'm told to do, but from the things I choose to do because I think they're important or worthwhile.

I've frustrated just about every manager I've had because of this. On the flip side, my spirit has allowed me to pursue paths others had dismissed. This has led to many situations where I've accomplished something that was thought to be impossible, or made significant improvements that compound and would not have been prioritized otherwise.

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