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         |  mohamed
             from the turtle business on 2020-06-09 21:56 [#02603005] Points: 31593 Status: Regular | Show recordbag
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 | for mobile 
 does it still play on background or with the phone locked
 like spotify?
 
 
 
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         |  belb
             from mmmmmmhhhhzzzz!!! on 2020-06-09 22:15 [#02603008] Points: 6495 Status: Lurker
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 | yep, that's the best thing about it, and it has more selection than spotify  too. you also get access to google
 play music which does gapless playback of albums. it's
 really good imo
 
 
 
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         |  mohamed
             from the turtle business on 2020-06-09 22:21 [#02603009] Points: 31593 Status: Regular | Show recordbag
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 | thanks belb, im downloading it then 
 
 
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         |  mohamed
             from the turtle business on 2020-06-09 22:25 [#02603010] Points: 31593 Status: Regular | Show recordbag
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 | downlaoded, it doesn't!!! 
 
 
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         |  belb
             from mmmmmmhhhhzzzz!!! on 2020-06-09 22:39 [#02603011] Points: 6495 Status: Lurker
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 | it does if you pay the £9.99 p/m fee, i assumed that was what you meant! soz
 
 
 
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         |  mohamed
             from the turtle business on 2020-06-09 22:41 [#02603012] Points: 31593 Status: Regular | Show recordbag
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 | lol mystery solved 
 
 
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         |  EpicMegatrax
             from Greatest Hits on 2020-06-10 00:19 [#02603013] Points: 25602 Status: Regular
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 | anyone tried youtube music? 
 fuck no
 
 
 
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         |  belb
             from mmmmmmhhhhzzzz!!! on 2020-06-10 00:49 [#02603017] Points: 6495 Status: Lurker | Followup to EpicMegatrax: #02603013
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 | where do you get to listen to new music, just slsk mp3s? i don't like ian googles and ian amazons getting my pennies
 either but they're hell of convenient
 
 
 
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         |  dariusgriffin
             from cool on 2020-06-10 00:55 [#02603019] Points: 12516 Status: Lurker
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 | i've never even used spotify. streaming is sinister, please everyone keep pirating if you respect culture
 
 
 
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         |  belb
             from mmmmmmhhhhzzzz!!! on 2020-06-10 00:59 [#02603020] Points: 6495 Status: Lurker | Followup to dariusgriffin: #02603019
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 | slsk doesn't work on my phone, it's only got 32gb storage anyway and i can't afford a laptop. trust me, i'm not keen
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         |  belb
             from mmmmmmhhhhzzzz!!! on 2020-06-10 01:00 [#02603021] Points: 6495 Status: Lurker
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 | i don't like an algorithm curating my taste, i try to avoid getting my recommendations from it
 
 
 
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         |  dariusgriffin
             from cool on 2020-06-10 01:10 [#02603023] Points: 12516 Status: Lurker
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 | yeah sometimes you need to i know. it's not so much the algorithm i hate and more not owning
 anything and being at the mercy of the criminals who decide
 what should and shouldn't be on their platform. the few
 times i've used it i couldn't find anything.
 
 
 
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         |  dariusgriffin
             from cool on 2020-06-10 01:14 [#02603024] Points: 12516 Status: Lurker
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 | but i'm the kind of piece of shit to idly trawl through discogs looking for anything with a cool name or cute cover
 art so :(
 
 
 
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         |  belb
             from mmmmmmhhhhzzzz!!! on 2020-06-10 01:23 [#02603026] Points: 6495 Status: Lurker | Followup to dariusgriffin: #02603024
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 | it has a lot of blind spots, yeah. i bought a little discman awhile ago, just so i could also buy 93 by mowgli direct
 from his site (since it's my favourite hiphops of ever and
 all). i can't imagine he is super rich so i felt an uneasily
 capitalist glow, like i was paying to feel good about myself
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         |  Portnoy
             on 2020-06-10 07:38 [#02603042] Points: 1494 Status: Regular
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 | I think if you're into obscure independent music (I don't say that as a bad thing), you will of course hate mainstream
 streaming services. it's not a good place to discover small
 artists. For that I guess there is soundcloud or band camp
 and other platforms Im sure.
 
 I like YouTube musics too, mainly cos their local pricing is
 decent and it is included with YouTube premium (YouTube
 anyone?). Best way to go imo.
 
 and yes these giant corporations are evil but lets face it
 we all suck a bit of corporate cock here and there.
 
 
 
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         |  belb
             from mmmmmmhhhhzzzz!!! on 2020-06-10 08:16 [#02603043] Points: 6495 Status: Lurker
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 | is it wrong to read a book on marxism if you got it free on amazon prime? feels icky, even for a corporate cockslurper
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         |  Portnoy
             on 2020-06-10 09:08 [#02603045] Points: 1494 Status: Regular | Followup to belb: #02603043
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 | just one more turn for Marx in his grave 
 
 
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         |  Portnoy
             on 2020-06-10 09:09 [#02603046] Points: 1494 Status: Regular
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 | I still buy the music that I love, on vinyl if possible. 
 Can't possibly buy everything. So Im happy with streaming
 services, even though they apparently aren't very good for
 artists.
 
 As a consumer 👍
 
 
 
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         |  EpicMegatrax
             from Greatest Hits on 2020-06-11 02:23 [#02603194] Points: 25602 Status: Regular | Followup to dariusgriffin: #02603023
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 | yeah sometimes you need to i know. it's not so much the algorithm i hate and more not owning
 anything and being at the mercy of the criminals who decide
 what should and shouldn't be on their platform. the few
 times i've used it i couldn't find anything.
 
 yeah, exactly. i have amazon prime for the free shipping,
 essentially, but for this i get their netflix competitor. i
 didn't even bother for ages... then, hey, they have the wire
 in better resolution than my torrented copy, why not?
 
 as i am ending my rewatch of the series, HBO Max launches,
 and everything HBO disappears off of amazon prime. now,
 instead, i can pay $2.99 per episode, or $9.99 per season,
 or $15/mo to sign up for HBO Max.
 
 back when i had an xbox 360, i bought some games off the
 ~microsoft store~ and then, later, going broke, i realized i
 had to keep paying a monthly fee in order to keep owning
 games i'd already purchased. i let it expire; $100 of shit
 gone. why, after that, would i ever pay $2.99 an episode for
 a license to stream?
 
 i'll buy DVDs, if they're reasonable, but the wire costs
 $150 on DVD. bottom line, fuck it, this is shit, i'd rather
 do with my crappy torrented copy
 
 music, i suppose, it's not quite as bad. i got tired of
 listening to portished's "dummy" off youtube, and bought the
 MP3s off amazon for ten dolla. my mp3 collection is quite
 large -- on my desktop, it's 150gb, and it's just a smaller
 subset of what i want most often. i'm not even sure how
 large it is in totality. and i don't have to deal with
 youtube videos getting pulled, being throttled to 240p, or
 entire labels getting pulled because some cunt suit is
 launching another streaming pile of crap
 
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         |  EpicMegatrax
             from Greatest Hits on 2020-06-11 02:28 [#02603195] Points: 25602 Status: Regular
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 | streaming is also bad for the planet. you let me download it once; watch locally -- that's efficient. you force me to
 download the whole thing every time i watch it, and pushing
 those bits around the world starts to add up into quite the
 carbon footprint. playing locally is just your phone and
 you; streaming involves dozens of computers around the
 world, sucking down juice
 
 
 
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         |  yann_g
             from now on 2020-06-11 12:30 [#02603200] Points: 3772 Status: Lurker
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 | i love having an algorithm suggest me new artists, but there's not need to pay for that, i just get my
 recommendations from youtube and bandcamp, and buy from
 bandcamp. artists that only offer spotify or apple store
 don't get my money, sadly because i so much want this
 LAZY_TITLE
 
 
 
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         |  mohamed
             from the turtle business on 2020-06-11 18:55 [#02603211] Points: 31593 Status: Regular | Show recordbag
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 | i cant be arsed about pirating anymore, never used soulseek, never found it fascinating, these are not that days anymore
 
 
 
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         |  mohamed
             from the turtle business on 2020-06-11 18:56 [#02603212] Points: 31593 Status: Regular | Show recordbag
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 | these are not those 
 
 
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         |  mohamed
             from the turtle business on 2020-06-11 19:03 [#02603214] Points: 31593 Status: Regular | Show recordbag
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 | im not paying in the near future so ill just stick to spotify
 
 
 
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         |  mohamed
             from the turtle business on 2020-06-11 19:03 [#02603215] Points: 31593 Status: Regular | Show recordbag
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 | its good for italian rap 
 
 
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         |  Portnoy
             on 2020-06-12 07:53 [#02603274] Points: 1494 Status: Regular
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 | forgot to mention we also have a family plan, so for R110 my wife and I get ad free YouTube and access to music
 streaming. Win win. I want to be more idealistic but my
 wallet dictates otherwise.
 
 
 
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         |  EpicMegatrax
             from Greatest Hits on 2020-06-25 02:27 [#02604169] Points: 25602 Status: Regular
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 | rave review 
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         |  EVOL
             from a long time ago on 2020-06-25 04:37 [#02604176] Points: 4921 Status: Lurker
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 | i only downloaded it to use it with my alarm clock 
 
 
 
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         |  Portnoy
             on 2020-06-25 07:56 [#02604185] Points: 1494 Status: Regular | Followup to EVOL: #02604176
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 | which smart clock (spy clock) are you using? 
 
 
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