This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
I really want to get a https://www.crowdsupply.com/cool-tech-zone/tangara at some point.
Although I have an old ipod with a new battery and linux installed...so theres no real need.
Did he ever go over bandcamp? Most of the indie music that is local at least has something on there.
This is from the artist's pov, and touches on specific scenarios, but generally speaking this and other things make every Spotify user's experience worse.
And what I hate most is that they don't even understand what I'm talking about. That they're being duped, and that I have more freedom in choosing and discovering music than them.
So many people think solely in genres nowadays, not individual artists. And they don't even care if more and more generic or AI generated stuff finds its way into their playlists. They "adapt". After all, they only put stuff they like into their playlists, right? But unknowingly, gently, they keep getting pulled towards a trodden path and if this goes on long enough we'll have like 10 genres to choose from and that's it. No individual artists anymore, no experimentation, no challenging your listening habits etc.
edit: it seems my general anti-streaming-service-rant partly contradicts this video, or misses its topic by half a mile, but then again maybe not? Shit's complex.
I just think we should all go back to physical media CDs for music and blu ray for films is what I am currently doing
