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Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK

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  • I [email protected]

    I keep getting advice of Flac > MP3 320 kbs.

    I can't tell the difference to tell you the truth. Is it really worth it for audiophiles considering how much more space Flac files takes up?

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    Flac files contain orders of magnitude more data. As for the listening experience it's only ever going to be as good as the speakers at the other end. You'll also need a wired connection to said speakers in order to avoid some compression over Bluetooth. (Unless there's some newfangled lossless BT protocol that I'm unaware of.)

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    • akasazh@feddit.nlA [email protected]

      I jerked it to the Hanson mmbop video back in the nineties.

      Found out later the girl was a boy.

      You can judge all you want, but the general thing is that horny teenagers will jerk it to almost anything.

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      Thank you for letting us know. I'll be sure to use this information to my best.

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      • M [email protected]

        So I feel like I'm now hearing more successful pushes for censorship through this stuff.

        Just last week I learned how Texas has a bill that makes it so if anyone ever invested in green technology that they wouldn't be allowed

        https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/24/texas-boycott-companies-fossil-fuels/

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        I saw a post saying /r/period required an age check.

        They're gonna censor as much as they can with this.

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        • M [email protected]

          Most people can't tell the difference between 128 kbit MP3 and high quality recordings.

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          most people

          Many people are ok with hearing music out of a phone speaker. Audiophiles don't necessarily care about how "most people" perceive sound quality.

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          • L [email protected]

            ..........genuinely trying to figure out how this relates to the topic at hand.

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            It moreso relates to what's in hand

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            • ivanafterall@lemmy.worldI [email protected]

              I thought life was a highway?

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              Life is the highway you boof

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                Spotify was shit anyway use yt music

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                • B [email protected]

                  ngl, Spotify has become hot ass these days

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                  Not Spotify’s fault here, though. Shit legislation.

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                  • H [email protected]

                    yeah but I lost my poor meatball.

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                    A fellow Bread Harrity super fan I see? I'd like to get all up in that beautiful man's wet spaghetti 🍝

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                    • S [email protected]

                      most people

                      Many people are ok with hearing music out of a phone speaker. Audiophiles don't necessarily care about how "most people" perceive sound quality.

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                      That was my point. The comment I was replying to was suggesting that people switching from Spotify will be blown away by better quality audio. Most wouldn't notice a difference.

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                        Never stopped. Get your own mp3s kids.

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                        • M [email protected]

                          So I feel like I'm now hearing more successful pushes for censorship through this stuff.

                          Just last week I learned how Texas has a bill that makes it so if anyone ever invested in green technology that they wouldn't be allowed

                          https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/24/texas-boycott-companies-fossil-fuels/

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                          That makes no sense, surely everyone has invested in green energy through workplace retirement plans, no?

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                          • T [email protected]

                            Or you know you could punish parents for not parenting. Like if kids are watching porn and caught and if it's actually against some law then go after the parents.

                            It's not hard to teach parents how to implement a filtering DNS. But no, countries think they need to be the nanny.

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                            As a parent, that's my take as well. If my kids break a law, I should be the one to fix it. Don't do my parenting for me...

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                            • akasazh@feddit.nlA [email protected]

                              I jerked it to the Hanson mmbop video back in the nineties.

                              Found out later the girl was a boy.

                              You can judge all you want, but the general thing is that horny teenagers will jerk it to almost anything.

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                              Kids these days will let you be attracted to whoever you want.

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                                most people

                                Many people are ok with hearing music out of a phone speaker. Audiophiles don't necessarily care about how "most people" perceive sound quality.

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                                Why is it the people that are ok listening to music out of a phone speaker are also the people ok polluting public spaces with music from phone speakers?

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                                • I [email protected]

                                  I keep getting advice of Flac > MP3 320 kbs.

                                  I can't tell the difference to tell you the truth. Is it really worth it for audiophiles considering how much more space Flac files takes up?

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                                  There are online test you can do to see if you can successfully identify the FLAC from the MP3. I did one and failed miserably.

                                  They say that if you have a very good DAC, amplifier and speaker / headphone system (as well as a good ear for audio), that you can hear it. But I would do the test first to see if it applies to your situation.

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                                    ...return? LOL

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                                    • twintitans@lemmy.worldT [email protected]

                                      Never stopped. Get your own mp3s kids.

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                                      I know so many people who are so ride-or-die for never having to manage the file space for their own music library and they don't seem particularly less stressed.

                                      I think they just cannot live without an algorithm to recommend new music to them

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                                      • A [email protected]

                                        Age verification is a great success I see. I feel so much safer now with this shit in place so kids can't watch porn...

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                                        *so that the government can say kids won't watch porn.

                                        Rule 1 of computers that everyone who has taught an ICT class learns - if little Timmy wants titties, he finds a way.

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                                        • P [email protected]

                                          ReVanced? Or a Spotify downloader?

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                                          Just a web-based downloader, I’m patient and simple:p

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