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this is why physical media is important to collect. also, burning cds off of soulseek is a great hobby and makes great “novelty” gifts (lol) in the year of 2023

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Feel free to delete Ryan, but you just make people more ravenously curious when you say they can't listen! https://thetallboys.bandcamp.com/album/hangovers

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Spotify is following 90’s era MTV into ignoring music and focusing on content.

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Spotify lost me forever when they gave Joe Rogan $100,000,000

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just as i was about to concede a return to spotify since my apple music trial is almost over,..

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Welcome to the enshittification of social media, now Spotify is included, along with usual suspects Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

CC: Cory Booker

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And fresh from the algoslurry abattoir, I give you the Amazon app’s “Inspire” stream. Yes, I use the amazon iOS app. And, yes, they baked in a stream of terribly lit videos of the crocs someone has bought. It’s just so dumb. The highest utility will be for the graduate student who is now doing a survey of the state of American carpet.

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Tidal has all the music of Spotify at higher quality and it's cheaper. No podcasts or anything else. Just music. There are services like Soundiiz that will transfer all your saved lists for like $5. Highly recommended making the switch.

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FYI: lensmag, which you linked looks like a quite broken website, not sure if the newsletter has registered me, and discord link ain't working. Which is a shame, since it looks quite cool :)

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"flicking" people off? How are you driving age and not know that when you raise your middle finger at someone, you're flipping them off? Does she also take things for granite?

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I literally referred a bunch of Greenpeace colleagues to your Substack yesterday during a conversation about understanding social media trends & how to stay on top of them. Didn’t know my colleagues across the pond were way ahead me...

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Fascinating assortment of shit. Thank you. I’m really intrigued by the Greenpeace thing.

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