Tech Thread

[zeke]

I find youtube music just as good and you get YouTube premium along with it. Hugely better deal. cancelled spotify.

 

[CH1]

fuck google

 

[MindzEye]

All the big tech companies are giant douche nozzles

 

[CH1]

At a market cap of 27B (less than 2% of Google), Spotify is like an indie bodega in tech.

 

[MindzEye]

I find youtube music just as good and you get YouTube premium along with it. Hugely better deal. cancelled spotify.

I've been thinking about that tbh....I use YouTube enough that ad free is probably worth it to me.

 

[MindzEye]

At a market cap of 27B (less than 2% of Google), Spotify is like an indie bodega in tech.

But still manages to punch above their weight class in douchetasticness

 

[zeke]

I've been thinking about that tbh....I use YouTube enough that ad free is probably worth it to me.

ad free changes everything.

premium also lets you listen to youtube (or watch via pic-in-pic) when using other apps.

i'm sure an intense spotify user would have complaints about youtube music, but for me i can't tell the difference, and i get all the rare and independant music stuff from youtube ad free as well.

it wasn't really a close call for me.

 

[zeke]

fuck google

of all the big tech companies, they're the ones I still appreciate the most. they've always made themselves work with all platforms and won me over with convenience instead of trying to force me into limiting myself to their specific suite of products.

 

[zeke]

only spotify feature i miss is the integration with Shazam.

 

[Wayward DP]

Mrs. W was a long-time Google Music subscriber. then it ended, so she tried Spotify. fucking hated it. ended up with Apple Music, which is apparently adequate. I use none of them, pretty content with my podcasts.

 

[zeke]

I remember using Pandora way back in the day. Might have been the first real music streaming service. it had nice detailed rating for the song, album, and artist that really gave you nice recommendations. but that was before we listened to music on phones, and you couldn't choose or skip songs.

 

[Wayward DP]

I remember iPod shuffles...

 

[MindzEye]

I remember iPod shuffles...

lol, kids these days.

 

[zeke]

shit that may have been my actual first walkman right there.

 

[zeke]

or maybe it was this one. fuck i forget.

 

[Aberdeen]

I had the waterproof one with the clasp. It was so rad.

 

[zeke]

shit maybe i had that one. i remember the clasp.

 

[zeke]

yeah i think that was it.

 

[Aberdeen]

I can't remember the model either.

 

[Wayward DP]

lol, kids these days.

hey I owned a Sony discman too. don't think I ever had a walkman though...