Can’t even seek through songs.

  • 👁️👄👁️
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    41 year ago

    I remember the early days when iPods were still a thing and you had to buy music on iTunes. I don’t miss that at all. Imagine the price of buying every individual song of your current Spotify playlist, you’re getting a steal in comparison now.

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      31 year ago

      Precisely. Tbh I would be comfortable paying more but only if it went to artists. At some point there will come a time when I go back to the 7 seas for music (especially given hdd sizes and the ease of streaming from your own library) but I feel pretty far from that at the moment especially as it’s the free tiers mostly that have been getting enshittified. But I think that’s roughly the lessons of the 2010’s - free products on the internet are either a loss leader to get you subscribing, or they’re probably selling your data to everyone.

      Even then, the free versions of Spotify/Pandora are miles ahead of radio when I was a kid. Pick one of three stations that caters entirely to mainstream normies and then have a third of your time spent listening to ads and shitty DJs.