yep. there’s a couple communities out there that mistake “growth” for “good”, and I get the sense that’s one of the problems fosstodon has. not the only one, mind - other stuff also appears to be impactful. I don’t have enough spoons to make a good thorough analysis of it tho :|

I miss my old Sansa Fuze running rockbox and absolutely wouldn’t mind a new device in that class

last analysis I saw (which, admittedly, was almost ~2y back now I think) said Apple Music was the best by a pretty wide margin, with the rest falling with lower marks after

probably need to look around for updated data soon

also Bandcamp Friday (which somehow thank fuck has not yet been killed by the Epic acquisition juggle) exists, and is a further boon to artists

I try to stick to bc a lot but it also has downsides - one of the most notable issues for me is that discovery on it isn’t nearly as good as other things, and I really wish they’d work on it some more, even as I know the impacts and drivers that make it hard to do well

the various kinds of corporate culture capture everywhere just results in a pretty fucking frustrating experience in multiple dimensions in the current year :|

(Anyways, unrelated hot take of the day: taking responsibility for something you’re not responsible for is a moral failing, and needs to be treated as such)

wat

I scrolled down two toots and found this

dunno this person at all but that’s a pretty telling start

and apparently spotify has found a new low

I killed my sub years ago because of the rogan shit along with disliking what they were forcing the product to become (and clearly indicated all of this in the why-leaving input field) but this makes me wish I could kill it even harder

a very “oh no. anyway,” kind of post

turns out the rest of the owl is the hard part! what a surprise!

found a great sneer in the wild

(mobile atm so just link)

haven’t finished reading this so no sneers yet, but others may also be interested in this piece on the history of thiel’s antichrist obsession

the opener probably won’t surprise you

aah, a good old load-bearing “just” with all the trimmings

love it when a post tells you how much experience someone has in large-scale software and systems management (and thus also how seriously to take their advice)

from here:

OpenAI, which has tapped the world’s second-largest insurance broker Aon for help, has secured cover of up to $300mn for emerging AI risks,

1. nice to see that at least someone dealing with these loons still has their shit grounded in reality

2. I wonder what is quantified as “emerging risks” under that policy structure - I’d bet it’s not the same stuff the cultists are worried about

either way, more please!

I am jack’s completely and utterly unsurprised face

hmm I’m not aware of one beyond general “obstructionism” but that probably is a thing that needs a word

shot:

chaser:

(thread)

“chain in the sack” is one of my new favourite semi-nonsense phrases

exactly so

absolutely not the first time I hear something like that, and part of why I don’t really like the guy

At the risk of being critical of Zitron

absolutely not a thing to be “at risk of”, and a little bit worrying to see someone even worrying about

I’m down with reading books it’s just hard to select them without known reference recommendations

Gonna acquire the works of both, ty :D