Classic TACO, eh

Thanks, that makes sense. All good I guess.

It’ll be fun finding all those “antiporn”, “antidei”, “antilgbtq+” fine people watching exactly that. Bonus points for .va domains.

I wonder where it was installed from (flathub?) and whether it has something to do with the linux version. Since at least two of us don’t see a superuser notification (turdas and me) but we are both on Fedora.

#metoo

Even if sandboxed, why would it need su permissions?

I suppose Chinese might quickly catch on. They certainly don’t lack resources.

Yep, we saw it some 80 or so years ago. There is also genocide enabling.

But what if Grok is telling the truth?

It says later this year, so there is still time :)

I’d say educational system, or better, it’s downfall through decades, plays a significant role in making population dumb enough to not see through these constant lies.

So, there is value in labels after all?

So, you do get benefits from Spotify, don’t you? Besides, there are other streaming services around that supposedly pay better - as you said. Anyway, all good to you, hope you succeed and Spotify dies one day.

What is stopping them? But it seems that general consensus here is that artists would like you to listen for free and here and there buy something from them.

It is really refreshing how this thread spins in “we know what’s best for the artists, certainly not paying for listening to their streams, that’s exactly what they want”. If you don’t want to use Spotify, that’s fine, I don’t want to either because they are an awful company. But that doesn’t make you the person who create the rules for artists nor does it give you the permission to listen to illegal content.

right back atcha!

How so? You are the wiser what artists really wants - not being paid for listening to their music and would like you to listen to it for free. I merely follow what they offer and not trying to listen to it illegally.

It might shock you, but content on YouTube gets paid. And illegal sources out there don’t make it more legal to share it. It’s funny though, you are basically saying what? Listen for free, middle finger to authors, and buy merchandise? As opposite to listen legally, authors get something and buy merchandise? But hey, I’m glad that you speak for authors.

It’s not just Spotify, it content is free for all, then who is buying?

How many buyers are there is if entire archive is available for free? 10? 20?

I don’t use Spotify, either. And do what you want to do, nobody is forcing your to put your music on Spotify.