• Alch_Fox
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        9 months ago

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          • Juiceyb [any]
            ·
            2 years ago

            Remember when anti skip came out? It still didn’t work.

        • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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          2 years ago

          weird that minidisc never caught on in america
          which of course means it "failed" despite it being popular everywhere else
          cos those things refused to skip

        • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Yeah, but they were much more social. I feel like sharing an album you just bought with your crush over a single pair of earbuds just isn't a thing anymore. Romance is dead and Spotify killed it.

    • Mardoniush [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      Did anyone under 40 actually use itunes? Limewire all the way!

    • Quimby [any, any]
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      2 years ago

      it doesn't seem that bizarre. the comparison point at the time was physical albums, which were more expensive. unless you mean in the broader sense of "digital goods are weird because they don't cost anything to copy once they've been made"?

        • Quimby [any, any]
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          2 years ago

          of course. just, at the time, no one thought that sort of thing would be even remotely possible. it's like how Netflix only succeeded because of piracy. neither music labels nor cable companies were going to give up an ounce of profit until people decided to steal that shit instead. the idea of a single subscription service seemed like a pipe dream back then.