• Pxtl@lemmy.caEnglish
      21·
      14 hours ago

      The way people turned up their nose at the Fediverse when the Muskening happened to Twitter was heartbreaking. I knew social media was an addiction but when you find out your dealer is an absolute monster how do you not go looking for a new supplier?

      But they all discarded Mastodon et al as cringe and teduoust. Like, the way even trans women influencers stayed on Twitter blew my mind. When bluesky got off the ground there was finally some migration, but not enough.

      It really showed me how many of the “anti-capitalist” and the “anarchism” and “mutual aid” people were all just talk. The mutual-aid volunteer-based platform exists and you stuck with the fascist because it was easy and you’re too cool for the nerd shit.

      • biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        3 hours ago

        I gotta say, I was among the Twitter Marxist crowd around 3 years ago,and yeah most are just talk, yap and argue, although there were some genuinely making something good, such as a community library or benches for instance. I’d say none of them would switch to the fediverse in any actual capacity, because most just believe in the asthetics and being in the community of like-minded people, instead of actually following the values they allegedly preach, but really don’t even know.

    • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
      104·
      23 hours ago

      He took a principled stance when he left Spotify too, after they paid hundreds of millions for Joe Rogan’s podcast.

      Edit: Disappointingly, it turns out he went back to Spotify after a couple of years.

      • ArgentRaven@lemmy.worldEnglish
        691·
        22 hours ago

        I’m pretty sure his label put his stuff back on there, despite his wishes. I seen to remember a need article at the time describing his reaction as “disappointed”. Not all of his stuff is back on there, but I guess the stuff he didn’t have full control over is.

        Personally, I don’t listen to Joe Rogan, but I do listen to Neil Young. And Spotify is the way I typically listen to anything since they killed the SD Card on most mobile phones. So it hurt me, and I assume it hurts anyone who would want to listen to both and only gets the option of Joe Rogan. So I think having access to media is better, but I’m not the artist and I get taking a moral stance.

        • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
          27·
          22 hours ago

          I think the aim is to get people to switch to a more ethical streaming service, if they want to stream music. Spotify isn’t the only option.

          • ArgentRaven@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            18 hours ago

            I tried tidal about two years ago and they had even less of what I listen to than Spotify. But maybe I should check in again and see what’s different, because nothing stays the same for long.

            • Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtfEnglish
              3·
              9 hours ago

              If you don’t want to support an American company, you could also try Qobuz.

            • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              9·
              19 hours ago

              Yeah check again. It’s pretty comprehensive now and it has not yet been littered with AI songs. Only issue I have is sometimes songs in my Playlist will no longer be licensed with them and can’t play anymore which is frustrating but rare. Aufio quality is better than Spotify.