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Yeah, I'm imagining some scenario where say Spotify partners with Bose, and if you plug in Bose headphones then you get higher quality audio than you can get el

by jrowley 10y ago

Yeah, I'm imagining some scenario where say Spotify partners with Bose, and if you plug in Bose headphones then you get higher quality audio than you can get elsewhere. Or say tidal (Jay Z's streaming service) says you can only listen to some songs via Kanye's new headphones.

ErikAugust 10y ago
Yes, seconded.
- jrowley 10y ago
  This is totally off topic, but just checked out your website and damn, you're a hell of a runner. I'm thinking about signing up for my first ultra real soon!
  - ErikAugust 10y ago
    Cool - thank you! Good luck!
mhurron 10y ago
And the only reason any of that works is because people accept it and pay for the privilege. Don't like the situation, don't buy the service offering it. It turns out, society doesn't really care about these things.
- TeMPOraL 10y ago
  It's not that society doesn't care, it's that people don't spend time figuring out all the distant-future implications of their choices. While you can't boil a literal live frog by turning up the heat slowly, this principle works extremely well on the free market.
deadbunny 10y ago
Enter piracy.
AndrewKemendo 10y ago
That's actually really interesting. Especially as everything is moving toward personalization. If you have a set of headphones that have a unique ID tied to you, the artist could even intro a song with your name - or in the future procedurally generated music could substitute a reference to your city into a song.
- jrowley 10y ago
  Thats a cool idea! Arcade fire did a really cool music video in a similar vein that was interactive/personalized: http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/ http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/
  - throwanem 10y ago
    > Enter the address of the home where you grew up Well, that was five seconds well spent.
    - jrowley 10y ago
      You can enter whatever address you want but it is kind of erie to do it with your home address.
  - AndrewKemendo 10y ago
    Everything under the sun indeed! Thanks for sharing that.

by jrowley 10y ago

ErikAugust 10y ago

Yes, seconded.

jrowley 10y ago
This is totally off topic, but just checked out your website and damn, you're a hell of a runner. I'm thinking about signing up for my first ultra real soon!
- ErikAugust 10y ago
  Cool - thank you! Good luck!

mhurron 10y ago

And the only reason any of that works is because people accept it and pay for the privilege. Don't like the situation, don't buy the service offering it. It turns out, society doesn't really care about these things.

TeMPOraL 10y ago
It's not that society doesn't care, it's that people don't spend time figuring out all the distant-future implications of their choices. While you can't boil a literal live frog by turning up the heat slowly, this principle works extremely well on the free market.

deadbunny 10y ago

Enter piracy.

AndrewKemendo 10y ago

That's actually really interesting. Especially as everything is moving toward personalization. If you have a set of headphones that have a unique ID tied to you, the artist could even intro a song with your name - or in the future procedurally generated music could substitute a reference to your city into a song.

jrowley 10y ago
Thats a cool idea! Arcade fire did a really cool music video in a similar vein that was interactive/personalized: http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/ http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/
- throwanem 10y ago
  > Enter the address of the home where you grew up Well, that was five seconds well spent.
  - jrowley 10y ago
    You can enter whatever address you want but it is kind of erie to do it with your home address.
- AndrewKemendo 10y ago
  Everything under the sun indeed! Thanks for sharing that.