I quit 10yrs ago. I am almost 70. If this old fart can do it. So can you.
mintiefresh@piefed.ca 1 month ago
Honestly, good on him.
More people should do the same.
Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Pxtl@lemmy.ca 1 month 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.works 5 weeks 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.
blackfox@lemmings.world 5 weeks ago
The average person is an idiot.
floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
He took a principled stance when he left Spotify too, after they paid hundreds of millions for Joe Rogan’s podcast.
ArgentRaven@lemmy.world 1 month 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.ca 1 month 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.
Serinus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
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.
takenaps@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yo fyi I recently dropped spotify for Tidal & loving it
ArgentRaven@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I tried tidal any 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 morning stays the same for long.
the_q@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Money > all.