#I have no music streaming service

[cl0ckworkpuppet]

time for my monthly mp3 player propaganda post!

yall. don't fucking stream music off of youtube or spotify. they pay their creators shit. the most generous estimate i could find was artists being paid $1 for every 200 streams (0.5¢ per stream), and unless you're listening to songs on an album thousands times in total, it helps tremendously more to just. buy their albums or subscribe to a patreon-like service for them

mp3 players are laughably inexpensive (you can get a decent one with bluetooth for like $40-50 and you can get away with even less if you forego some features), many of them are drag-and-drop, no ads, decent enough sound quality for the average person, unlimited skips, track selection, regular play and shuffle, playlists, being able to shut off your screen, and more importantly, ALL OF THIS IS AVAILABLE WITHOUT A SUBSCRIPTION. i've always been an avid hater of subscription models. there are some things where it's understandable, but you shouldn't lose access to basic QOL features just because you can't or won't fork over $10-15 a month.

"b-b-but $50 is so expensive!" WRONG. $50 (which is more than i've EVER spend on a single mp3 player) is the equivalent to 5 months on spotify premium without discounts. if you can afford that, it's worth investing into a device that can last you literal years if you get a good one and take good care of it

"but i don't wanna carry around another device!" fair enough, but these things are small enough to fit in tiny pockets (mine fits snugly in the watch pocket of my jeans) and are typically light enough to not be burdensome. if you can carry around your phone, you can carry around an mp3 player

"what if people think i'm weird for having outdated technology" let them. it's worth it in my opinion if it means i get to listen to music ad-free. the most I've ever gotten was "wooooah bro's got the dinosaur tech" and i just thought that was funny personally

"but what if the artist collapses without a constant stream of money!!! i'm not supporting the artist!!!!!" companies try to pay as little as they can get away with to artists. most of that money goes to the CEO and other higher-ups.

"but piracy is bad!" Piracy is a Crime. However, downloading youtube videos/audio for your own PERSONAL, NON-COMMERCIAL USE and NOT REDISTRIBUTING THEM is legal (generally, in the US, check your laws, i am not a lawyer, not legal advice, blah blah blah). besides, i never said you had to pirate your music. in fact, i encourage you to buy the albums of and support your favourite artists in other ways. some artists might even provide links for people to download their songs for free in high quality anyway

not gonna link products just in case someone thinks i'm a shill. but literally just look up "mp3 player" on your search engine or shopping site of choice and find something that doesn't look like it'll fall apart if you breathe on it too hard

seriously guys. if you listen to music more than like a few hours a week, and you don't get all of your music from livestreams or radios (although mine can connect to AM/FM radio), consider investing in an mp3 player. i tried out using one regularly in fall of 2021, and I haven't looked back. don't let companies drain subscription money from you

[why-the-heck-not]

any app that automatically stops ur music when u open it < actual literal garbage

[butchviking]

the thing is it is all like one giant ad campaign. you are all trying to sell spotify. it's framed itself as an Experience and everyone wants to be a part of it. and it doesnt even have remember the laughter

[nereb-and-dungalef]

ok but imagine if spotify or youtube had a function where you could like. just. buy your playlists to download as mp3s (fully organized in a zipped folder) and most of the money went to the artists?

ok but imagine if spotify or youtube had a function where you could buy mp3s and the money went to the artists

ok but imagine if money went to artists

[no-brand-gays]

checked my computer storage today and it said i had 17 gigs of files in the apple TV app and i was like wtf when have i ever used apple tv. so i open the app. it's just the 5-hour-long satrips of both day 1 and 2 of µ's final love live

[hauntedorpheum]

first time people tell a content creator GIVE US MORE ADS

[wickedhawtwexler]

ok no more goofing off and watching tv, i really need to get back on the job app grind today. i WILL apply to three (3) jobs today, no more procrastinating 😤

[melloneah]

idk how ill survive the next 6 months juggling the blorbo wips, the ep im working on and my fucking bachelor thesis 💀

[name-that-isnt]

If all vaati enthusiasts came together to make one collective playlist for him, how fast do u think it would become ooc?

[horsemeatluvr23]

i currently watch 18 of the hermits and am constantly stuck between wanting to watch more hermits and knowing i should probably drop a couple before i get a job again. but also like... what if i watched more anyway....

im too behind atm to actually add another pov, and i need to catch up on the life series too but like... man what if i just did it anyway. whos gonna stop me? no one. thats who. i will feed my own hyperfixation and no one can get in my way!!!!

if i do end up adding a new pov who would you recommend? i currently dont watch Xisuma, stress, false, wels, hypno, jevin, joe and doc

i also dont watch xb, but i tried to and i just cant get past the texture pack (it upsets me that i cant)

i get you so much .. idk how i have technically two jobs (although they're very much part time) and am in school full time and still somehow manage to keep up with 26 different povs or. however many it is.

out of all the people you don't watch i'd probably recommend xisuma the most, i think his videos are super easy to watch even if you havent seen a lot of his content before. he has a great balance of building/redstone/interaction with the other hermits and his episodes are typically on the shorter side but he uploads regularly. i may be biased because i really really love his content but. i think he's great

also totally understand the issue w xb's texture pack lol, it's taken like 4 years of me watching him to adjust to it and i still don't like it buuut. i like his content enough to look past it... he's such a silly guy. although i do find that with quite a lot of his episodes i end up playing them in the background like a podcast rather than paying close attention to what's happening on screen. tbh if you watch keralis and beef you probably get quite a lot of xb content anyways so i wouldn't worry too much about missing out!!

[moshpitpuppyx]

i think we just need to re-teach kids about pirating music

[skhardwarevers1]

WAIT HOLY SHIT IDEA

WHAT IF…AND HEAR ME OUT…EVERY CHONNY JASH ALBUM/SINGLE ON ONE DVD

this would be my most ambitious thing yet….but you know me. I’ll fly right into the sun for funzies ^_^

[t3r4t0m4]

Alright, I think I've added enough songs to this to finally feel satisfied to share it:

Ole Munch character playlist YIPPEE

[bmpmp3]

What MIGHT help is that early on in Amazon's MP3 distribution, there were a BUNCH of MP3s you could get for free - like remixes and covers, for example. (Was how I got my fav version of "like a prayer"). I don't know if there's any archive of these MP3s, but this was about in 2005 / 2006, so it's entirely possible that Jessiecola2, having at least enough savvy to make an AMV, might've known about it, too.

oooh thats really interesting! this like, early early age of digital only music is fascinating, especially with how much of it just vanishes. I'll see if i can find any more information about it!!