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It's even worse on youtube. I used to save songs/videos on youtube playlist but they randomly started vanishing. Google doesn't even provide the name of the con

It's even worse on youtube. I used to save songs/videos on youtube playlist but they randomly started vanishing. Google doesn't even provide the name of the content it removed so we can search it again. Even worse, some songs actually got replaced by another version (i think due to copyright issues). The result is I started downloading everything I loved and "liking" the content to track what I already have. There's still some duplicates but overall I retain all the videos I want. [Don't need YT premium now] After that I downloaded mp4 to mp3 converters and stored the result in a cloud [Don't need Spotify Premium now]. Movies, TV Shows, Games, Mobile Apps, Books, Research paper are all piratable. OTT pulls episode out of air frequently and I don't like someone telling me what I should watch. [Don't need Netflix, OTTs now]. Steam is an exception since I think they really earn their 30% cut. From the money I save, I buy/donate it to actual content I consumed and liked or software that actually help in ownership such as VLC, archive.org, overpriced merch etc. I'm supporting the revenue starved pirate community this way. Also, This means the money actually reaches the developers instead of a fat cut by the middlemen. Paying for what you like instead of what you consume means you're supporting great work rather than spraying all works with equal money.

nine_k 4y ago
Anything you store in a cloud service, especially a free cloud service, is at best a cached copy. It's there for ease and speed of access, but has no guarantee of durability whatsoever. Don't make a free cloud service your source of truth. (Paid, too, unless you just pay for compute and storage.) If you care about any data, have it under your control, stored on machines / media under your (physical) control. All else can and will disappear without notice.
gorbachev 4y ago
Try listening to old playlists you saved or created on Spotify. It's "interesting". I just logged in to Spotify for the first time in about two years and checked out a few playlists I had saved. Most of them skipped every song. Absolutely ridiculous.

nine_k 4y ago

Anything you store in a cloud service, especially a free cloud service, is at best a cached copy. It's there for ease and speed of access, but has no guarantee of durability whatsoever. Don't make a free cloud service your source of truth. (Paid, too, unless you just pay for compute and storage.) If you care about any data, have it under your control, stored on machines / media under your (physical) control. All else can and will disappear without notice.

gorbachev 4y ago

Try listening to old playlists you saved or created on Spotify. It's "interesting". I just logged in to Spotify for the first time in about two years and checked out a few playlists I had saved. Most of them skipped every song. Absolutely ridiculous.