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> I am not young, and I was around for both. What was the difference? imo the difference is that spotify at least tried to hide it when you searched for songs
by shawabawa3 2y ago
> I am not young, and I was around for both. What was the difference?
imo the difference is that spotify at least tried to hide it
when you searched for songs on grooveshark you'd get names back like "Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (2020) Mp3 (320kbps) [Hunter]"
also IIRC grooveshark never even tried to set up revenue share with labels/artists
Spotify cheated behind the scenes and a veneer of following the rules, which eventually transitioned into actually following the rules and paying out artists
- zyberzero 2y agoI was using Spotify Beta way back when, and they absolutely had songs named like that as well. I specifically remember one of Pink Floyd's albums (pretty sure is was a copy of the wall) as such.
- ilikehurdles 2y agogrooveshark aggregated from blogs and other web sources. If I recall correctly you could follow links back to those places. Back then the web was full of decentralized independent writers doing music reviews or producing mixes or capturing new bootlegs from live shows. Grooveshark indexed those and made them playable in one location, but I don’t think it ever hosted any of the files.