• Crit@links.hackliberty.org
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    11 months ago

    It didn’t buy the format and then cancelled it, it did it purely by providing a more convenient way of listening to music than downloading mp3s, so yes, it’s a win

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      11 months ago

      I personally think mp3’s are more convinient. I don’t have to use multiple subscriptions to access to platforms exclusivities , i don’t need to worry about songs becoming unavailable. I have a big playlist on spotify with a lot of grayed out songs. Also, local music players are a lot better than any streaming service player.

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        11 months ago

        Yeah, people often forget about the gray ones, even on yt music my music playlist that works fine on the video app, has some songs greyed out when I tried to listen to it inside yt music.

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      11 months ago

      Win for Spotify? Well, of course. But I feel like the comment you were replying to was talking about a win for the consumer, which it’s definitely not. I will always prefer paying once versus a subscription service, and I’m sure I’m not alone in that regard.

      (I apologize if it sounds like I’m attacking you, that is not my intent!)