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It sucks really. I would have preferred open source projects don’t shut down. I guess it is what it is.

This is why I moved to Emby. I use a different player on all my devices and all my content is HEVC or H264 with AAC or DTS so never an issue playing. No need for premium either.

Jellyfin is on fumes. They made a call for help a couple of years ago but since then, haven’t had much of any. They found a critical bug last build I think and where supposed to disclose the details around the end of last year and it’s May now. No news.

There’s a ton broken and no one to really fix it. I remember posting about a bug and a long standing contributor just basically blamed the scraper and said well that scraper is shit.

I got the sense most of the older crew just gate keep but don’t actually work towards making the thing better.

You mean their build quality was actually good at one point?

I bought one of their first mice. It was $200 and their flagship product. The paddles on left and right click squeaked. They squeaked. Because the plastic was so cheap and the way they built it. I didn’t look at them for like 10 years. Bought their Viper Pro 2 couple of years ago. The receiver went and then the wheel went a year later. Never had either of those go on any other mouse and I’ve used a ton over the past 15 years. All gaming, flagship.

They resolved the matter but doesn’t make their build quality good.

Google is an American company. Apples and Oranges.

I think you have it backwards, in that it’s the US that’s trying to stop all the Chinese propaganda coming from that app.

And if TT pull out of the US, it’s pretty telling that their core drive for that thing wasn’t money.

It’s who left that matters. We lost a TON of tech people. People with experience and knowledge in the field. I visit there and the tech subs I’m in are just kids who either a) just post edgy jokes or b) have no clue and reply with factually incorrect material. The veracity of Reddit plummeted after the API change.

And that matters. That’s the heart of Reddit. The nerds. The geeks. The tech enthusiasts.

If there aim is to turn it into Twitter or Fb, they can do that, but those two already exist and their platform is much more conducive to socializing.

They fucked up with the API and will never bounce back. Not like they care because all they’re chasing is quick money, but still. It won’t end well for them.

And if you don’t think 1% matters, it most certainly does when the 1% attracts 60% of your visitors.

No it's a long standing bug that showed up around 2021 where songs were inexplicably stopping after 15s. Some thought account issues, some thought Apple Music was down, etc. etc.

I have them on select files. Stuff that I added to my library way back when that is matched. Some that are uploaded do the same.

Then there is also the long standing bug where Apple Music just stops playing. For whatever reason it doesn't load the song. You try and it just won't, forcing you to skip to the next song. It's insufferable and shows up in waves now and then.

You can get around some of the stalls by downloading the song to your device. It will play just fine then. It's not anti-piracy, Apple doesn't do shit like that. If they had proof of anything, they'd ban your account indefinitely and move on.

AM is not a good service I'm sorry to say. Yes the song quality is amazing and the recommendations are decent, but playing things, it's always been super super twitchy. Like if you look at it sideways it stops playing. I've been on it for 6 years. This is kind of known in the AM community.

Anything that isn't mp3. I'm actually stunned people still use that codec. Willingly. AAC is just far superior. ALAC/FLAC for lossless can get quite large. Then there's the gorilla in the room: do most of these songs even get resampled properly when a new format is released? Atmos is all the rage but a lot of songs from the past that are now available in the codec sound off because the separation of instruments and sound is so far away from the original.

Your current system probably sounds like music from 1998, muddled and drowning in bass.

This is sort of where I draw the line on ethical piracy. Some countries and people go to great lengths to prohibit the viewing or listening of their movies, shows and songs. Whatever. It's your right I guess. I just don't get it personally. To be so restrictive for something is now free. The work was done, so now it's just about enjoyment and quality of life.

As a basic human being, I think we should all want to make life better. For us. For everyone.

So along those lines, if you're blacklisting my country because some guy didn't get what he wanted or whatever government level bullshit you peddle, then yeah, time to unfurl my Jolly Roger!

I've been using it since Tomato died. Transmission chokes on torrents with lots of trackers that fail to connect. If you go in and remove them, its performance and responsive improves greatly.

Outside of those small things, it's solid and a universal app.

I’d soon as rather inhabit the body of a turkey with leukaemia than Musk thanks