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Napster to become a music-marketing metaverse firm after $207M acquisition

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨return2ozma@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/napster-to-become-a-music-marketing-metaverse-firm-after-207m-acquisition/

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  • Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    FFS, stop trying to make the Metaverse happen. Nobody wants it.

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    • taladar@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Those who want it have been using it for 20 years already with Second Life. Oddly enough, none of these new metaverse makers take any lessons learned from that but I guess then they would have to admit that VR is crap that nobody needs for immersion.

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      • peteyestee@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I like vr. 😿

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    • HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Hey fuck you man. Alright? Let us have our shitty things without the guilt.

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      • AarynBlack@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
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      • Sibshops@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        No shame in liking what you like. Roblox is a metaverse and lots of people play on that.

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      • satans_methpipe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Just a heads up: internet points don’t matter at all. They have no bearing on real actual life. You can relax.

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      • biokernel@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Edit: added “/s” at 15 downvotes. Let’s see if we can turn these numbers around. /s

        You didn’t self censor your obvious humor??? You’re on social media! 🤨

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  • return2ozma@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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  • mooncake@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Lol I remember Napster for downloading music damn I’m old.

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    • Dave@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Holy hell, Napster is a (legal) subscription music streaming service! Crazy times we live in.

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  • fork_hero@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Mm. Nah. I’m just confused who this is supposed to be for: people who used Napster for free music or people who say “what’s a Napster?”

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    • Fredselfish@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      TIL Napster still exist. I thought it got shut down in the early 2000’s?

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      • mostlikelyaperson@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        It did, but the branding got sold a few times and is now in the hands of some crypto company.

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  • Maiq@lemy.lol ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Obligatory, FUCK YOU Lars Ulrich!

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  • watson387@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Only for the Metaverse? Ha! Guess I won’t be using Napster.

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    • Exec@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Yeah, next year they’ll go after NFTs then a year after that they’ll all in for AI.

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  • Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I doubt anyone will use this except for crypto bagholders who have no interest in music (or anything really) and are just looking to dumb their bags the next mark.

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  • kambusha@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Napster bad

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  • Geodad@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You were supposed to deatroy the Sith, not join them!

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  • _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    How the mighty have fallen.

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  • cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    maybe lars ulrich was right after all

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