Post AztWGf8EniahMab27k by etherdiver@ravenation.club
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 (DIR) Post #AztWGBo1pmC6PVuz68 by etherdiver@ravenation.club
       2025-11-04T00:53:10Z
       
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       It's great that you exited Spotify. That's a genuine win and a good thing all around. But that quest for the "good" streaming service it put you on? That's a fool's errand. There are NO good streamers; streaming is simply not an equitable or sustainable model for music under capitalism. Sorry.They're ALL venture capital backed corporations. That means they're all on the same path: extracting maximum value from music at minimal cost and maximum profit to themselves.
       
 (DIR) Post #AztWGD0TMzk68OkR8K by wjmaggos@liberal.city
       2025-11-04T07:11:12Z
       
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       @etherdiver @sknob what if we could build decentralized streaming where everybody decided how much to give per month and the tech automatically distributed it based on percentage of time spent listening to each artist?#bandwagon #PublicPatron
       
 (DIR) Post #AztWGJsvnQrxT2H0qm by etherdiver@ravenation.club
       2025-11-04T00:53:33Z
       
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       Spotify is currently winning by being the worst. When they're gone, the next company in line will become the worst.You might as well look for a good billionaire (and to be fair, I suspect some of you are STILL ON that particular quixotic quest). No such thing exists. No good billionaires. No good streaming corporations. For the same reasons: the things that you must do to become one preclude "goodness."
       
 (DIR) Post #AztWGTZ5o2wTUP4JJg by etherdiver@ravenation.club
       2025-11-04T00:53:58Z
       
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       "What's the alternative?" I hear you ask? Well, would you believe that in the distant past of ten whole years ago, most people OWNED the music they listened to in some sort of physical format, or at least via purchased digital files. It's true! And it'll work again! You can do it right now!
       
 (DIR) Post #AztWGf8EniahMab27k by etherdiver@ravenation.club
       2025-11-04T00:54:05Z
       
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       Another alternative is a revolution to overthrow capitalism, and thus ensure all humans share in the bounty of the Earth's wealth and have the time and means to both appreciate and create new aesthetic experiences across all media.