cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/35800407
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ted nugent decided to use facebook even more for the same reason
Well, it’s not like Ted Nugent is writing any new music. He probably doesn’t have anything better to do anyway.
I’m sure he is still capable of shitting his pants and not showering.
i mean really tho, how much more does he have after wang dang sweet poontang?
fuken magnum opus direct from the southern fried shakespeare right there.
there were about 4 minutes when i was 13 that i thought he was worth listening to.
Oh, is Ted having trouble finding jailbait these days?
How are people still on Facebook, I dropped it the moment my parents made Facebook accounts and that was before all the horrible stuff about the cokpany even came out I think
I still cant understand how people got onto there in the first place. When it came out it was obviously a bad idea.
I only created an account out of social pressure and never understood what others get out of it, I don’t even want to look at my own pics why would I care to look at my friends or any other posts they make for they matter and that was back when Facebook wasn’t just a content feed and actually showed you your friends updates.
What the background on AI chatbots with kids?
Good, but why does this read like “This is official legal notice to FACEBOOK that FACEBOOK is NOT allowed to USE my content”?
It’s a completely different sentiment. For one thing, it’s actually doing something that impacts Meta’s bottom line.
I deleted my FB in 09 because of the social expectations and toxicity that came from it. Definitely in my top 10 best decisions of my life.
So based 🙏
Honestly, good on him.
More people should do the same.
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.
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.
Yo fyi I recently dropped spotify for Tidal & loving it
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.
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.
If you don’t want to support an American company, you could also try Qobuz.
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.
If you’re into self hosting (or have a friend who is), I’ve found Navidrome (music hosting) and Substeamer app to be great open source alternatives.
Substreamer appears to be free but not open source
Tempo I believe is free and open source
Money > all.
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.
The average person is an idiot.
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.
I quit 10yrs ago. I am almost 70. If this old fart can do it. So can you.
Neil Young and Dolly Parton
Role models we need but don’t deserve
Good on him. I’m going to make it a point to listen to more Neil Young.
He did the same thing on spotify and a little while later all his songs (at least the ones I had in my playlists) were back.
The Almighty dollar always wins doesn’t it Neil lol
Neil young is a real one.
A musician/celebrity with high moral standards and personal integrity, imagine that, huh?
he distributes himself.
Didn’t have to look far for that heart of gold, seems he already had it.
I almost didn’t get your joke there, good one.
Also, if you’re into low/no budget films, Hooker With a Heart of Gold is a great one, but it’s like 15-20 years old and it shows.
This looks like the exact garbage I love, I’ll definitely have to watch it.
If you enjoy that, Brad Jones has a few other really good ones to check out. Midnight Heat is an amazing dirty cop flick, and Jesus Bro! is a great sendup of shit like pureflix trash.
I did the same about 12 ish years ago as it was already becoming a misinformation machine.
Yes! And those wierd psychology experiments they were doing? Gross. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28051930 I left in 2014 passively (stopped daily use) then 2017 stopped any interaction
Omg thank you for sharing this.
I’ve been telling people they have tech using advanced AI that serves you a post to make you feel exactly how they want you to feel.
It’s really effective on X. narratives play out for long periods of time.
They could convince everyone the sky was red if they wanted to.
