Fuck you Spotify! I download my mp3 just like cool kids did 20 years ago, and it suits me just fine!
And now Bezos is trying to inserts ads everywhere
Submitted 7 months ago by Godric@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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MrMobius@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
hahattpro@lemmy.world 7 months ago
If it is subscription, then wen you lost your stream of income, you lost everything.
That including your house, if you live in subcription house.
ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world 7 months ago
God forbid you pay for services.
I_Love_Muslims@lemmy.world 7 months ago
If it’s free, you’re the product
hoi_polloi@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
We used to pay a one time fee for software and we paid for big updates. I miss those days
wer2@lemm.ee 7 months ago
But also when you pay, you can still be a product.
butter@midwest.social 7 months ago
Unless you pirate.
Or buy it in a one time payment.
In fact, you’re pretty much the product in every one of these examples, even if you pay
Zealousideal_Fox900@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Saved this image as: I WILL NEVER PAY FOR GODDAMN NETFLIX.png
RoseRose56@lemmy.world 7 months ago
People like us just don’t see it, they are want us on subscription plans for every service that exists. Starting from movies and series, which you don’t own anything, and once you signup you agreed with their terms, they do what ever they want, to phone where your storage space will max out, and you have to pay monthly, to upload all your videos and photos in the cloud/server.
IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Ya know, you could just buy a portable drive and put all your media on that.
RoseRose56@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I know, but tell that to the all the companies with their pops up. I have 0 subs btw. But my point is not everyone knows how to deal with stuff.
Oneobi@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Greed. The ultimate human trait.
glockenspiel@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Greed isn’t the ultimate human trait. Cooperation and curiosity are. We never would have built societies without either. We never would have advanced to the point we have without both. Everyone has greed in them, just like everyone has the opportunity to be angry or sad. But the notion that it is the ultimate human trait or somehow stronger than other characteristics is truly capitalist propaganda meant to justify their immoral hoarding of our wealth.
After all, if greed is the most natural and strongest human attribute… well, the do-nothing takers at the tippy top of the food chain can just continue to suck our blood and deprive us of our agency since it is natural.
There is a reason we don’t live in libertarian hellscapes. It is because greed is not the ultimate human trait.
m3t00@lemmy.world 7 months ago
estimate shipping charges eh, prime about even still. not a video user usually. one of few subs actually worth it for me. cable cutting scrooge I am
elscallr@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Exactly. I buy Prime for the shipping. Being able to watch Wheel of Time without downloading it is a nice benefit.
Polar@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
I don’t hate subscription based services if they’re priced fairly and make sense.
Paying monthly for a service that then starts giving you less, adds more premium plans, introduces ads, etc. is garbage.
Paying for a game, then having to pay a monthly fee to play (WoW, for example), is garbage.
Paying for software, but then having to pay monthly to use the software, is garbage.
Paying for software, but then having to pay monthly to be allowed to contact support (Blue Iris), is garbage.
But paying for things like Spotify, where you get access to pretty much all songs as they release, have no limit on how much you listen to, and it has a fair student pricing or family pricing, that’s fine. Way better than paying per song.
I mean shit, if I paid for every song I have in my library on Spotify, I’d owe $1430. My Spotify is $17 per month, spit between 4 people, so I pay $4.25. I can either pay for every song in my library and not add any more, or pay for Spotify for 28 years and continue growing my library…
Zhao@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Spotify is the only subscription I still pay for. That’s it. Everything else is whack
dangblingus@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Nah, fuck subscriptions. If I can’t buy it once and own it, then it’s a scam on consumers. Change my view.
Polar@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
I did. Look at my Spotify example. It’s literally more expensive to own the songs than to pay for Spotify.
Unless you only want like 30 songs.
Aurix@lemmy.world 7 months ago
WoW and other MMOs are not just games with slapped on subscription costs. It is a very specific subtype of games which have much higher maintenance cost than an arena shooter. There is a reason these games get shutdown when certain financial thresholds get passed beyond let’s do something more profitable.
cactus@lemmynsfw.com 7 months ago
Personally I listen to new music for free and then buy the songs I like to support the artist. Spotify doesn’t pay them shit afterall
leviathan3k@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Honestly, this.
The economics of the world are such that people need to be paid for the content they produce. Having a direct relationship between me as the consumer and them as the producer is the way we don’t get shit like all of the ad-based spyware that surrounds shit like Facebook. It won’t completely prevent it, but it gives a good business plan for it not to happen.
I’d vastly prefer something that didn’t require some megacorp as evil as Amazon. But… this could actually make as much sense as is possible with our current economic system.
UnD3Rgr0uNDCL0wN@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Crass_Spektakel@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You know, what you can not find on EBay you can find on PBay. Or whatever warez site you prefer.
nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 7 months ago
Mandatory “don’t use piratebay” comment
UnD3Rgr0uNDCL0wN@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I mean even archive dotorg has pirate material on it…
brockpriv@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
What’s wrong with pirate bay? I’ve been using it for years with no problems
AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
I have been into the pirating scene for a few years, last time I was active pirate bay was the best. why not use it anymore?
owatnext@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Lmao literally the only “subscription” I have is my phone bill, which I pay yearly. Also maybe you’d consider my insurance a subscription? Sounds very dystopian.
Bison1911@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
Everything is a subscription. It’s the dystopia we have created.
m3t00@lemmy.world 7 months ago
moved my house phone to a Gvoice account. gets mostly spam anyway. voicemails transcribe to email. bye att
maniclucky@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Do you pay on a recurring cycle? Can you function in society without it? If yes to both: subscription.
You need a phone, utilities, rent/mortgage, insurance (if we’re being realistic) so I wouldn’t call them subscriptions.
RedTie13@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I finally dropped Spotify, I still maintain a YouTube Premium subscription, only because I’m grandfathered into their old Google Music plan. I’m finally looking to setup my own Nextcloud and Jellyfin server on a NAS because Google cloud storage starts to get pricey when HDD are so cheap.
DJDarren@thelemmy.club 7 months ago
I have YT Premium because I watch 95% of my YouTube through Apple TV, which doesn’t support ad blockers. I discovered that I can “visit” Argentina and sub to YT Premium for about £3 a month. I’m happy enough with that.
sharkaccident@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You ios or Android user?
Wogi@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Brothers, sisters, others, it’s time we return to the old ways. To the high seas. We steal from those who own, but do not pay to own, the content they distribute. We will share this media amongst ourselves until they learn that we were willing to pay with dollars, but not with time.
DJDarren@thelemmy.club 7 months ago
YAAR!
CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I miss good old fashioned LAN parties of the 90s and early 00s
MrSilkworm@lemmy.world 7 months ago
we shall pirate on the beaches, we shall pirate on the landing grounds, we shall pirate in the fields and in the streets, we shall pirate in the hills; we shall never surrender
Zealousideal_Fox900@lemmy.world 7 months ago
We shall pirate in the alleys, in the fields, in the chats and we shall never surrender to the greedy hands of Sony, Nintendo and alike
RufusFirefly@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I stopped watching network television because of ads, then I stopped watching free streaming because of too many ads (Pluto TV, Crackle), I get a basic subscription to Paramount through Walmart and I stopped watching that because of the ads. I have an Amazon prime subscription because I get it for one half off but I rarely use prime video an if they start showing ads, I won’t use it at all.
nadram@lemmy.world 7 months ago
This isn’t a shitpost, this is truth brilliantly represented 🙏
sznio@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I think that Spotify (or any other music streaming service) are the only ones still worth it. I don’t have to sign up for Spotify and Tidal and YouTube Music since any of them has whatever I need.
If that were to change, then I’ll be subscription-free.
Also, I like paying for Spotify since it’s the only European big-tech.
LinkOpensChest_wav@midwest.social 7 months ago
I’m gradually getting to the point where I’ll drop Spotify. Shoving ads for podcasts in my face every time I launch the app was bad enough, but now their app has become such a bloated mess that it bugs out whenever my phone is switching between wifi and mobile data. I have more than 1k songs downloaded just so I don’t have to deal with that, and now I have to deal with it because it’s more important to them to show ads and promotions than it is for their app to do what it’s designed to do.
And before anyone says “tHoSe ArEn’T aDs,” showing me recommended artists and podcasts against my will is absolutely a form of advertising. Do you think they’re showing me new releases from Joe down the street? These are paid promotions, aka ads.
schzztl@lemmy.nz 7 months ago
I switched to Tidal from Spotify, never looked back.
PM_ME_FEET_PICS@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Ads on podcasts are 100% at the discretion of the podcasts themselves. Not spotify.
PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 7 months ago
If that were to change, then I’ll be subscription-free.
At this point you will also be music-free since you do not own any of it, and that is what keeps people locked into these services even as the companies jerk them around.
nxdefiant@startrek.website 7 months ago
Or do both?
The real value in Spotify is the music discovery. That’s driven by data that very few are in a position to collect. Of all the big tech companies, Spotify is the only one I can think of that uses the data they collect from the users to give the users a uniquely better experience. Even YouTube is littered with promoted ads and videos. If you’re avoiding ads anyway, it’s a win win for the user to pay for Spotify premium.
Then you can do what you will with all the playlists you make.
pinkwerdo@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Just pirate it.
Transcriptionist@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Image Transcription:
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Around the harp darps are various statements they are making as they move into the room. At the front left, below a harp darp wearing the Adobe logo, is the text “You can afford it, come on”. To the right of the Adobe harp darp is one wearing the Dropbox logo. Behind the Adobe harp darps is one wearing the Netflix logo, and behind the Dropbox harp darp is one wearing the Spotify logo. Between the front four harp darps is the text “Just $15 bro”. To the upper right of the Spotify harp darp is the text “Limited Ads dude”. Behind the Spotify harp darp is one wearing a Twitter (now X) Verified blue tick, with the text above its head reading “It’s less than a cup of coffee bro…come on”. To the right of the Twitter Verified harp darp is one with the Nintendo Switch Online logo. To the upper right of the Nintendo Switch Online harp darp is the text “It’s just a small monthly payment dude”, and to the bottom right of the same harp darp is the text “You use it all the time Anyway bro”. Behind and to the left of the Twitter Verified harp darp is one wearing an Amazon Prime logo, standing outside the door.
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Zaki5549@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Is this AI on steroids?🤔
Transcriptionist@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I wish I were an AI 🙁
zbyte64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
It’s what capital wishes it could be: an indispensable person
Godric@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Good human.
No, fantastic human!
Transcriptionist@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Thank you, fellow human 🤖
MeanEYE@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Good thing from the current situation is it being the end of times for these services. Constant need for income increase to appease share holders means infinite growth, which is impossible. But individual doesn’t see that, they just want more. So progress of any software towards service model is pretty straight forward.
First they start splitting software into smaller versions and selling both for slightly higher price combined than when they were single piece. Then they start releasing more frequent versions but that has limited impact. So they start introducing forward incompatibilities. Only new software will support both old and new versions of the document, forcing buyers to buy latest. When that reaches its optimal maximum they decide to switch to yearly subscription and force everyone to use those by same ways as they forced them to use newer versions.
Subscription based model is limited. It has no progression other than increase in price and it’s only a matter of testing how much people are willing to pay. Sometimes even go above reasonable price but then go with “exclusive” content as if to justify higher price. This of course works for a while, but exclusive content costs money and is harder to produce consistently at high quality…
And after that, there’s no progression. It’s a battle royale among service provides but they can’t back out because of share holders and can’t revert to other business models. So some of them will stretch themselves thin and burst others will keep on living from that vapor until a new contender comes.
Lt_Cdr_Data@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
Yep, absolutely. My family still has spotify and netflix subscriptions, but i already canceled prime before the previous price hike. I’d have already canceled netflix if it was my decision and the only service i still see value in is spotify.
hamsammy@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Unfortunately, I believe that feeling will change if you look into how Spotify actually harms the artists by forcing them to use their product even though they make slim to none profit. The more you know.
Illuminostro@lemmy.world 7 months ago
“Muh stonk price.”
kamen@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Arrr.
Spendrill@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Lois Griffin speaking to crowd.jpg Subscribe… to a usenet server.
LinkOpensChest_wav@midwest.social 7 months ago
What’s a good service provider for this? Most ISPs don’t provide usenet access anymore, and I’ve heard the free service providers are wack.
Lemminary@lemmy.world 7 months ago
The last thing I paid for as a subscription service was Curiosity Stream a year ago. I’ve stopped watching movies and documentaries since and I don’t miss it.
crackajack@reddthat.com 7 months ago
You don’t like Curiousity Stream?
Lemminary@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It was ok. It didn’t offer as much content as I thought, it had a lot more in-house content that felt low budget, and I found it hard to find a topic that was truly enticing despite the variety. The service is fine and it was great as background noise while working, but it wasn’t enough for me. I would still recommend it.
1984@lemmy.today 7 months ago
Cancelled prime yesterday, felt great.
Last service standing is HBO and I’m thinking to cancel that shit too.
CrowAirbrush@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Do it.
SternburgExport@feddit.de 7 months ago
I basically canceled almost all my subscriptions and pirate stuff. Except music, since I build a CD collection and buy the rest online which is still cheaper than a streaming service and I can keep the music as long as I want without having that songs will get removed from the service.
the_seven_sins@feddit.de 7 months ago
It’s not that I don’t want to pay for the service, it’s just that I hate the automatic recurring withdrawals, even if I can cancel monthly.
I would probably use more subscriptions if I could just pay like three month of access in advance - basically like these gift cards work.
patachu@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Everyone is saying Piracy but I say Public LIbraries, which often have CDs/DVDs/BDs/games now (depending on your locale). They’re taxpayer funded, so you might as well get your money’s worth, and they keep track of how often stuff gets borrowed which determines future financial support.
(And if you are tech-savvy enough to be on Lemmy, you probably know how to make a … permanent copy … for yourself to keep)
librechad@lemm.ee 7 months ago
I just got charged $165 a couple days ago from two yearly subscriptions I totally forgot I had. We need a better solution. The banks should just implement the usage of Virtual Cards like Privacy.com does. It’d be so much more convent for people to cancel subscriptions, if they’re allowed to have multiple different virtual cards that they can easily toggle on or off.
Why don’t the banks do this?
JokeDeity@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Yes. Fucking yes. I’m so tired of it all. I just want to own things again.
viking@infosec.pub 7 months ago
There’s ads in Dropbox?
LaggySnake@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Remember when you didn’t have to pay for a subscription to play console games online?
Resol@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Wait, Spotify? Don’t you mean “a pile of garbage”?
I have to be honest, I hate this thing even with the paid plan. Everything sounds so compressed.
winter@lemmy.world 7 months ago
blame the loudness wars, not the streaming service. they don’t alter audio files, the only exception being loudness normalisation between songs.
Resol@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It’s either that or my opinion is the least valid out of them all.