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[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe billionaires should be filmed and streamed continuously, since their behavior has such a big impact on the world. If they don't like it maybe we shouldn't allow them to control such incredible assets. I'm sure billionaires have nothing sketchy to hide, right? What we will see is probably how they are hard working people who are not at all detached from normal folks. Right?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

Can someone explain to me the difference between bluesky and twitter?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

recently been finding it a lot easier to find my stuff on Soulseek rather than torrent sites.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

This made me look up the wikipedia page on Bushism and I must say it's beautiful! Thanks :)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I just use RSS feeds to follow YT-channels. It's doesn't seem any less convenient than a YT account.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Can't be that much work, can it?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

What a great site, I'll definitely be sharing it with some (naive) friends and colleagues :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

What people think when they haven't heard of the Fediverse.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

do we need to wait until they start acting in truly awful ways before we act on the fact that they control a majority of the market and are trying to increase their market dominance

No I was arguing for exactly the opposite. Let's not wait, but aim for non-profit decentralized platforms.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I agree, sort of. People may be right to point out that it's not only about a dominant position but also about abusing that market power to lock people in. Still I think our entire platform-economy is a little problematic. People want one-stop-shopping because it's really convenient, and people tend to go to platforms where others already are. So most people stick with Steam, Spotify, Uber, Whatsapp, etc. I don't think this has to be a problem, if indeed these platform are in a way neutral, free, not abusing their power. Sometimes these platforms already behave in responsible manner, but there really is no guarantee that this will stay that way. Everything with a dominant position can be enshittified, including Steam. What we need are FOSS decentralized platforms! Platforms where everyone comes together are so important, that they shouldn't be left to for-profit companies, people should come together in public squares.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Slowly across the globe we move towards surveillance states, one country is further down the path than the other, but we all makes steps in the same directions. If public awareness won't rise I don't see us escaping this dystopian future. Still today many people argue 'I have nothing to hide' and don't have any critical thought beyond this point. Are we doomed or am I being to negative?

 

I use:

Besides logging your behavior these apps also help with recommendations based on other user behavior and reviews.

My question is: is there a platform where I can do this but for podcasts? *

And while we're on the subject: what other apps would you recommend with a similar purpose?

(* I know both ListenBrainz and Last.fm can technically track podcasts, but I'd be more interested in a service dedicated to podcasts specifically.)

 

Allow me to spread the word about ListenBrainz. ListenBrainz is a FOSS project that aims to crowdsource listening data from digital music and release it under an open license. Basically it's Last.fm but better. Whatever you use to listen to music, you can probably link it up with ListenBrainz. All ListenBrainz listening data is available for all to use, commercially or not. Why should we give our listening data only to proprietary companies like Spotify and depend on them, when we can share it. If you've kept track of your what music you've listened to up to this point, don't worry, there are several ways to import them into ListenBrainz so you can keep an overview of all your music listening.

I am not working for ListenBrainz in any way, I just really like this project, and I had not seen much on Lemmy about them, so I'm happy to spread the word.

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