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I buy most of my music from Bandcamp in FLAC format. I'd be sad to see it go. I've been digitising my music collection since the early 2000s in FLAC – which wa

by wvh 3y ago

I buy most of my music from Bandcamp in FLAC format. I'd be sad to see it go. I've been digitising my music collection since the early 2000s in FLAC – which was pretty expensive on disk space relative to the size of hard drives back then. It's been fun but also somewhat worrying to hear my daughter ask why I don't have every song in the universe, but also why my music plays without internet connection or dedicated app. I feel her generation won't own anything anymore, and I still have to make up my mind whether that's a good or a bad thing. Without getting political, I fear art, music, software and other intangible goods might end up acquired, centralised and in the hands of lawyers at increasingly larger monopolistic corporations, and for some reason, a lot of grassroots artist initiatives seem to falter and end up going nowhere. I will support Bandcamp, Faircamp or any place where I can get the music I like in CD quality without DRM. I want to support artists and I hope at least some of these more independent music outlets stay alive to cater to us who care about both artists and fans not to end up as vassals to a profit-extraction rental system for third parties.

JohnFen 3y ago
> I feel her generation won't own anything anymore I don't know if the age ranges of our children are similar or not, but once my kids discovered that I have a huge music collection that doesn't require an internet connection, they've started assembling their own. I think that there are a lot of people who just don't understand there are options other than streaming, or that there are benefits to having your own collection that streaming can never provide. Once they learn otherwise, they may want those benefits as well. With my children, they still stream music from commercial providers -- but they also maintain offline collections for the music they really care about.
hammyhavoc 3y ago
Consider introducing her to the concept of an iPod. Music that works offline without a subscription and doesn't ebb away at your cellphone battery? Well, that's honestly pretty cool—to the point that it now sounds strangely futuristic and forward-thinking. We didn't know how good we had it. Doesn't have to be a literal iPod, and if it is, maybe modding one would be cool to use better formats, and might get her friends interested in the concept. A lot of the generation coming up are interested in CDs, tape and vinyl too. This was interesting too: https://www.fastcompany.com/90974412/apple-ipods-vintage-tech-urban-outfitters-selling https://www.fastcompany.com/90974412/apple-ipods-vintage-tec...

by wvh 3y ago

JohnFen 3y ago

> I feel her generation won't own anything anymore I don't know if the age ranges of our children are similar or not, but once my kids discovered that I have a huge music collection that doesn't require an internet connection, they've started assembling their own. I think that there are a lot of people who just don't understand there are options other than streaming, or that there are benefits to having your own collection that streaming can never provide. Once they learn otherwise, they may want those benefits as well. With my children, they still stream music from commercial providers -- but they also maintain offline collections for the music they really care about.

hammyhavoc 3y ago

Consider introducing her to the concept of an iPod. Music that works offline without a subscription and doesn't ebb away at your cellphone battery? Well, that's honestly pretty cool—to the point that it now sounds strangely futuristic and forward-thinking. We didn't know how good we had it. Doesn't have to be a literal iPod, and if it is, maybe modding one would be cool to use better formats, and might get her friends interested in the concept. A lot of the generation coming up are interested in CDs, tape and vinyl too. This was interesting too: https://www.fastcompany.com/90974412/apple-ipods-vintage-tech-urban-outfitters-selling https://www.fastcompany.com/90974412/apple-ipods-vintage-tec...