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Spotify is fucking evil. And they are genuinely just the tip of the iceberg. I would even go as far to say that subscription based services, no matter the cause, are (mostly) a scam. We are not paying for access to the arts, as the artists themselves barely see any financial impact - instead we pay for convenience. The convenience to consume any given piece of media at any time in a finely curated and algorithmically optimised manner. And honestly, after mindlessly consuming for a few years I felt myself falling out of love with the artforms that are music, film etc. because any sense of discovery and excitement has been stripped from the experiencing of said arts. It also pissed me off that this supposed "access to all media that has ever been made" is a sham too, especially when it comes to services like Netflix where you would genuinely have to be subscribed to a plethora of services to even just get access to a handful of major films.Β
A problem I am seeing with all of this is that we are surrendering our own taste, our own curiosity and our pen spirit of discovery for convenience. Tell me, when was the last time you genuinely discovered something "naturally"? When I felt like hadnβt in a long time, I quit all of my streaming services and reverted back to physical media completely. This inconvenience that comes with it genuinely makes my garden bloom. Ever since I have been more attentive, have a great understanding of my music library (very beneficial as a DJ) and just enjoy the experience of music and moving pictures so much more. We truly CANNOT let machines even take over our process of taste building which in turn is a form of character building just for the illusion of convenience. Before we know it any joy will be stripped from it entirely.
This was supposed to be a rant on how I think mp3 players are cool as shit but it derailed, my apologies. If you are inspired or interested I am very glad to help anyone get rid of their music and film rent and actually own your own taste again. There are many ways to build it from the ground up, even with little or no money to invest in it at all! Its a little act of rebellion against a system that will suck dry any meaning of the arts if we donβt fight it.
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concetta
omg yes! My goal for this year is to stop using spotify and play my CDs and same thing with movies. I started collecting DVDs that a shop sells gor 50cents each and I bought like 25 and I will go get more soon!
emilie @_@
i will totally start listening to more vinyls once i get a player that works
boyswithguns66
Spotify has been evil this is why I started using cassettes and vinyls, they're better anyways lmfao
boyswithguns66
Spotify has been evil this is why I started using cassettes and vinyls, they're better anyways lmfao
gabriel
DOWNLOAD EVERYTHING YOU CAN NOW!
After the Spotify Biggest Scrap by Ana's Archive, Google reportedly blocked 749 million URLs to download the media. the corps holds hands to protect themselves.
a 1TB HDD holds a lot of music and videoclips
Make your Own Mtv at home.
insomniacarus
SO freaking true ! Streaming services are genuinely fucking evil dude. In my heart of hearts I absolutely love collecting physical media and using old tech.
Thrifting DVDs of comfort movies and burning CDs has been awesome. Even bought an innioasis y1 mp3 player bc it was the closest thing I could get to an old ipod (without shelling out too much to resellers). Getting my hands on any single-use devices altogether rlly ! Just feels so healing for the brain yk?
Nijitan
here I am, still watching wall-e using the dvd from my family dvd/blu ray collection and downloading songs and storing them in an offline playlist folder in my files app :3 (ok I know the latter technically doesn't count as physical media but at least I don't have to suffer through the ads every time I use yt just to watch them)
Fanto
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YES dude. Streaming services suck and theyβre meant to suck the life out of everything for corporate gain π
Lyra *Λβ°
The algorithm destroys intention!! It's important to have aim when looking for inspiration so I'm trying to be intentional with how I use technology this year! Maybe I'll end up making more art cus of it
sCREAMING
SO TRUE. Also, a lot of these streaming services and companies in general support Israel and invest in the genocide
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delinquencenessofthechild
do you have any advice on how to get a hold of physical media without investing much money
personally i just download music on sd cards and use a mp3, is not the same but is deffo cheaper, you can buy a mp3 in secondhand stores maybe or use the music app on your phone, not any extra app!!
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you can find a lot of cd rips on internet archive!!
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thanks!
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thanks!
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adri
+2!
Yammers
This goes for gaming too. There's really almost no reason to give a damn about games lately. Some good stuff comes out nowadays too, but 90% of it is garbage. Just stick to games from the previous generation and prior. And indies! There's little reason to have a powerful pc since most games that need a powerful pc are triple A garbage that hasn't been good in nearly a decade now.
Not just FPS games. A majority of games developed by bigger companies. Though admittedly not all of them. There's lots of great games still coming out from the big developers. But admittedly most of those aren't games that even require the biggest most powerful specs and what-not.
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Joseph Wisconsin
Totally legally acquire everything, tune in, drop out.
Lizzie
fr because tell me why am i paying for disney plus only for it to ask me to upgrade my plan so i can watch content without adds every 5 minutes????
omg yes and amazon prime too
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anothershowkid
Fr, that's why some people inside the industry are starting to say to even pirate the material lol, I ain't paying for all that
JaysugaTensho
MP3 players are indeed, very cool. Also screw Spotify. That too.
RuneScapist
Very true!
tskilv
EAT THE RICH WHO PROFIT OFF OUR TIME AND IMPOTENCE