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nostalgia noun nos·tal·gia nä-ˈstal-jə nə-, also nȯ-, nō-; nə-ˈstäl- 1: a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition also : something that evokes nostalgia

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[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Depends how far back you go maybe? I remember being able to suss out pretty reliable rips on usenet in the 97-98 timeframe really easily through the alt.binaries groups, and eventually on tpb without too much trouble. On top of that, FLAC just a smidge later.

[–] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Look I used a lot of Usenet, it had a lot of benefits, but take a real close look at yourself in the mirror when you ask yourself this.

Did you just suggest that Usenet is simpler than Spotify? Usenet is great for a lot of reasons, but simplicity is not one of them.

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I see your point, but piracy has at all times provided me the music I wanted with the portability I wanted with the quality of files I have wanted.

I guess it's a matter of perspective.

Is there a simple way for Spotify to give me high quality files that I can play offline or host myself with no DRM? (Maybe the answer is yes, but I haven't had that impression.)

That's been my criteria for listening to music pretty much since mp3s came into existence.

I can't argue with you very hard though - if the goal is just "something that lets me play music" then I suppose spotify is simpler.