96VXb9ktTjFnRi

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[–] 96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 23 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Where ever you listen to your music, in most cases you can hook it up with ListenBrainz, to save your listening data on a FOSS alternative for Last.fm. And to get all sorts of beneficial features, like for instance recommendations that are truly independent, and getting updates on new releases.

[–] 96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

good luck finding one with a decent resolution AND price.

That raises the question: is there one that has decent resolution and privacy, but is expensive? Those of us who can afford it should surely go for the privacy friendly option regardless of price. Boycotting the surveillance society that's in full development is worth a lot.

[–] 96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Interesting, care to explain?

[–] 96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 5 points 1 week ago

I can only see 'being a billionaire' as 'stealing from the population at large'. So you're saying the biggest thief of society is still popular among 6% of democrats.

[–] 96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 1 points 1 week ago

Youtube isn’t just a thing people use to waste time

I fully agree, didn't mean to imply it's just that. But it's also that.

[–] 96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 4 points 1 week ago

Direct payment to creators seems like the most simple and efficient method.

[–] 96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That's a fair point. There's a million things you could do, and watching videos on YT is just one of them. Watching videos online has become a large part of peoples lives. Surely it has a lot to offer, but we should probably not forget it also replaces a lot of things, things we would spent are time on otherwise, if we didn't have YT as an easy time-drain, and those other things are presumably equally rewarding or more so.

[–] 96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The consequences keep me from doing things.

Personally I don't murder because I don't want to and I feel like it's wrong to do so. Sure there are consequences, but I really don't need them to stop me from going out murdering people. Perhaps there are people who do need these consequences, but it seems a fair statement to say that most don't.

[–] 96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Been playing some Xonotic recently. Good times with FOSS.

[–] 96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 52 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe billionaires should be filmed and streamed continuously, since their behavior has such a big impact on the world. If they don't like it maybe we shouldn't allow them to control such incredible assets. I'm sure billionaires have nothing sketchy to hide, right? What we will see is probably how they are hard working people who are not at all detached from normal folks. Right?

[–] 96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

That's not limited to modern technologies. I have a lot of books laying around that are judging me by looking at me like 'why the f are you still not reading me??'. Projection is my middle name

[–] 96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 5 points 2 weeks ago

Ah, yeah that does make a big difference, and it also makes a lot more sense.

 

Allow me to spread the word about ListenBrainz. ListenBrainz is a FOSS project that aims to crowdsource listening data from digital music and release it under an open license. Basically it's Last.fm but better. Whatever you use to listen to music, you can probably link it up with ListenBrainz. All ListenBrainz listening data is available for all to use, commercially or not. Why should we give our listening data only to proprietary companies like Spotify and depend on them, when we can share it. If you've kept track of your what music you've listened to up to this point, don't worry, there are several ways to import them into ListenBrainz so you can keep an overview of all your music listening.

I am not working for ListenBrainz in any way, I just really like this project, and I had not seen much on Lemmy about them, so I'm happy to spread the word.

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