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Re:New Sony Walkman music players feature good looks, Androi... by urbandw311er on Monday January 16, 2023 @03:15AM (#34398194)
Control. Spotify uses dark UX patterns to prevent me curating and exploring a library of Music that I love, instead trying to push artists on me that line their own pockets.
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Re:New Sony Walkman music players feature good looks, Androi... by antihero on Monday January 16, 2023 @04:22AM (#34398620)
Self-hosted streaming (with downloads) is the way forward.
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Re:New Sony Walkman music players feature good looks, Androi... by hexfish on Monday January 16, 2023 @10:56AM (#34401891)
which is unfortunately becoming harder and harder with artists only releasing their media through DRM-locked platforms like Spotify/not on physical media that can be ripped/bandcamp.
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Re:New Sony Walkman music players feature good looks, Androi... by antihero on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @03:02AM (#34410173)
At some point it’s PCM.
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Re:New Sony Walkman music players feature good looks, Androi... by urbandw311er on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @08:34PM (#34422265)
Indeed - and at some point it is also forced to pass through a literal air gap, vibrating molecules as it does so at various frequencies — another “attack vector”.
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