jjulius

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by jjulius 3y ago
Right, which is why I said... >... if people are really digging a piece of music then please buy it directly from the label, the artist, etc. via other means, if possible.
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by jjulius 3y ago
I don't know how to have a conversation with someone so willingly burying their head in the sand. I respect that you have that view. Have a nice weekend! :) Edit: >And I don't ask others about their finances or bring up the top
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by jjulius 3y ago
An absolute that has been shown to be untrue for a litany of reasons time and again, but OK. For many people, yes, you're right, but I would wager you'd be surprised at the number of people trying to claw themselves out of varying
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by jjulius 3y ago
I never said they're not content. I said that people making $70k in those areas might not be able to afford the same things you can, up to and including Spotify. That's. All. I never said that that's how everyone lived, I jus
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by jjulius 3y ago
Oh sure. It even gets more nuanced than that, which can make figuring out how to support them a bit of a challenge. Some artists will release music streaming-only and then tour and make their cash that way, others (looking at you, Bibio) ne
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by jjulius 3y ago
Did you miss the part where I implored people to buy music they love? Perhaps the "if possible" part at the end confused you. That was referring to times when artists only release music on streaming platforms and you can't bu
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by jjulius 3y ago
>Everything isn't NYC or SFBay. Never said it was, I just pointed to two areas where $70k doesn't go very far. Simple as that. Edit: Your comment is very "I"-centric. Nobody cares about how many cars you have owned, b
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by jjulius 3y ago
Well aware, but thanks for that snark. Might as well still ask people to support artists they love in a thread related to pirating, right?
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by jjulius 3y ago
>... especially in HCOL+ areas. Right? NYC and the Bay Area would like a word...
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by jjulius 3y ago
>I was absolutely not broke at 70k. I'm genuinely glad that you weren't. Your experience is not everyone else's. I know people who have made around that salary who, for various reasons, were essentially broke. Much of the
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by jjulius 3y ago
>Spotify is about as convieinient as a streaming music platform gets. Convenient for users, but you'd be hard-pressed to find artists who are content with the payments they get from Spotify. And that's across the spectrum, from
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by jjulius 3y ago
>I don't see the conflict between the two comments. There isn't. I haven't said that there is. >You can lambaste people for not even trying to cancel a subscription they don't want while recognizing that many subsc
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by jjulius 3y ago
I completely understand the original point and also agree with it wholeheartedly, but you misunderstand the reason for my comment. The user I responded to made a separate comment elsewhere in this thread, and I highlighted their comment in
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by jjulius 3y ago
>Gyms, cloud storage, restaurant buffets, insurance all follow this business model. I'm struggling to understand how you can lambaste people by saying "jUsT cAnCeL iT"[0] when you seem to be well aware of the business mode
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by jjulius 3y ago
If it's not a priority for people, and we understand that there is an incredibly wide range of circumstances that everyone is in, much of which don't allow for easy fiscal education, access to it, or time for it, it should be pret
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by jjulius 3y ago
>... if you are not getting value out of a subscription (that you signed up for), go and cancel it. You're not wrong, necessarily, but the world isn't as black and white as you would like it to be. There is nuance to things, an
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by jjulius 3y ago
Anecdotally... I've lived throughout the US - Seattle, Atlanta, East Bay, Portland - and each time I've leased a place I've pushed back and asked for cheaper rent. Sometimes it's worked, sometimes it hasn't, but tha
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by jjulius 3y ago
>It's bizarre to me just how many people in this country (especially the ones who can least afford it) simply do not take charge of their financial health. But, see... >No one is looking out for you. ... that's just it, isn&
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by jjulius 3y ago
Agreed, this was a really well-put response.
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by jjulius 3y ago
The article goes on to say that it is, in fact, true. >HP has long banged the drum [PDF] about the potential for malware to be introduced via print cartridges, and in 2022, its bug bounty program confirmed that third-party cartridges wit
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by jjulius 3y ago
I can't think of many other ways for a CEO to make it really, really easy for potential customers to just completely disregard their company as an option. Bravo!
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by jjulius 3y ago
Do you agree or disagree with the following sentence? Lobster is not a staple food for the majority of the world's population.
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by jjulius 3y ago
Careful with those absolutes.
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by jjulius 3y ago
>Then I don't see how it's fair to criticize YouTube for this. I never criticized YT for this (stating that Google hardly cares to hear is just a fact, used as an example - they are notorious for not putting much effort into re
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by jjulius 3y ago
>DMCA is a legal statute, which is where copyright holders expressly file a notice to YouTube that they're hosting infringing content, and getting one as an uploader will lead to an account strike. I am well aware of the differences
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by jjulius 3y ago
As mentioned in the article, the database has been uploaded with emails redacted to Troy's Pwned Password search on haveibeenpwned.
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by jjulius 3y ago
And a bot programmed to scan YT for anything that sounds like X person's voice isn't going to give a shit if it's literally just your voice, they'll still throw a DMCA notice at your video. Bogus DMCA takedowns are throw
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by jjulius 3y ago
"That's how they get ya."
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by jjulius 3y ago
I share the same sentiment, wish ya all the best as well!
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by jjulius 3y ago
For what it's worth, there's a stark difference between the phrases, "I read the author's uncritical acceptance of a loaded quote as an indication that she is an ideologue," and the way you phrased your first post.

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