After dealing with lots of bad PR from terrible decisions, Twitch now has to deal with one of its biggest streamers moving to another platform, Kick, with a deal larger than those of most athletes
Fedi on Fire first beta is now released! I just had to try and do it... Watch those endless Fediverse posts flow! :meow_hearteyes: Check it out at https://fedionfire.stream
The NYD 24 Global Stream Parade officially kicks off in les than an hour at 0100 UTC.
This will be our thread for announcing upcoming stops on the parade route which can be seen at: https://radiofreefedi.net/nyd24
We and the broadcasters will use #NYD24Parade if you want to keep an eye out, or mute for the day. Boost the participants and let's celebrate discovering some of your fedi streaming friends.
Major labels get more profit, smaller indie labels and unsigned artists get less.
"A new threshold of minimum annual streams that a track must meet before it starts to generate royalties. The threshold, according to MBW, will de-monetize tracks that had previously received 0.5% of Spotify’s royalty pool."
My wife likes TikTok, she's not on any other social media anymore except for that. I do have an account myself that I mostly use to watch videos she sends me.
But after being here, that app is even MORE jarring. I just hate that you open it and people are already yelling at you loudly. I just prefer text, I guess. With text, you can just read whatever you want (choice!) and easily scroll past stuff if you want to without reading it if you so choose, and you don't have actual yelling in your face.
I enjoy loud punk and brutal death metal, but that's by choice. It's different than hundreds or thousands of random assholes yelling at me, desperately trying to get my attention with vapid-seeming, weirdly put together videos on whatever topic. It's just so strange. I guess she learns stuff on there. It's too much for me.
I get the same awful feeling from YouTube yellers.
And then there's yelling from auto-playing previews on streaming services. With Netflix, you can turn that option off via desktop (a pain in the ass) but they WILL turn it back on anyway, ignoring your preference, as has happened to me now. It's awful. Another thing you can't even browse without getting constantly bombarded with loud, auto-playing previews.
I just like the chill quiet of Mastodon. Let me CHOOSE my loud music or media. I'm sick of being force-fed all the phony, excitable yelling garbage.
Spotify officially demonetises all tracks with under 1,000 streams
This is just an insanely bone-headed move that is so pointless.
These artists don't even get paid that much money, and yet Spotify wants to cut off their revenue.
I'm done with Spotify. In fact, I think I'm flat-out done with music streaming services. All of them are exploitative. back to buying digital albums for me.
Walt Disney's share price has dropped to its lowest level in nearly nine years as the company struggles in the age of streaming, causing concern among investors. Throughout its history, Disney has adapted to new technologies and challenges, from embracing sound and color in the early days to later embracing computer-generated...
Folgendes Szenario: Große Musiksammlung, die nicht auf den internen Speicher des Smartphones passt. Gesucht wird eine Lösung, mit dem man die Musikdateien auf einem Server/entfernen Speicher ablegen und bei Bedarf streamen und/oder die Musik davor lokal herunterladen kann. Einfache, quelloffene Lösungen ohne viel Hickhack bevorzugt. Server ist Linux, Empfangsssystem wäre Android. Tipps oder Empfehlungen?
Remember the reduction of shows and movies were going to happen anyway, since studios were spending like drunken sailors on projects they mismanaged long before these strikes.
People blaming this on new WGA or SAG rates should be given the side-eye. Many will use this as an excuse, just like the companies that raised prices during the pandemic because they could, not needed to.
When streaming services came out, I was happy to be rid of my Dvds. As a minimalist by nature I just didn't like things cluttering up my space. But now? I want them back, especially seeing how little control I have with keeping my favourite films and TV shows. I am kinda glad that I never got to getting rid of allll my favourite shows, but now I have to buy a region-free dvd player as they seem like a rare thing now lol.
More and more people are buying physical DVD/Blu-ray media.
I have been saying for some time, you can't depend on streaming services to keep your favorite shows available.
Same for music.
Oppenheimer's Christoper Nolan encouraged fans to embrace "a version you can buy and own at home and put on a shelf so no evil streaming service can come steal it from you."
From the ChartR newsletter:
"The days of checking overplayed CDs for scratches, using a pencil to fix an unspooled tape cassette, or saving up for that state-of-the-art Walkman might seem as alien to contemporary music listeners as gathering around the gramophone, but it’s hard to overstate how much change the music industry has endured in recent decades.
Vinyl’s dominance in the 1970s...was an era of music-listening that is now heavily romanticized... even by Gen Z. But, if necessity is the mother of invention, convenience is surely a close relative, with music lovers keen to take their favorite tracks with them, and 12-inch records offering little in the way of portability. Smaller cassettes became the on-the-go option, only for CDs, offering the same flexibility with better sound quality, to displace the cassette in the 1980s — ushering in the industry’s golden age & eventually accounting for 89% of revenue at its peak in 1999."
Netflix Plans Price Hike After Actors' Strike Is Resolved (Report) | TheWrap (www.thewrap.com)
Streaming competitor Disney+ is looking to boost revenue with live sports tier
Twitch Star XQC Signs $100 Million Deal With Rival Platform (www.nytimes.com)
After dealing with lots of bad PR from terrible decisions, Twitch now has to deal with one of its biggest streamers moving to another platform, Kick, with a deal larger than those of most athletes
With an uncertain future, will Disney pull off yet another magic trick? (www.reuters.com)
Walt Disney's share price has dropped to its lowest level in nearly nine years as the company struggles in the age of streaming, causing concern among investors. Throughout its history, Disney has adapted to new technologies and challenges, from embracing sound and color in the early days to later embracing computer-generated...
NASA Plus is the latest streaming competitor (www.theverge.com)
Set aside all your ‘plus’ streaming services. This subscription-free one from NASA is about to lift off.