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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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I have a folder of MP3s, some of which date back to 1999, just a few years after the format was popularised. Most of them have utterly terrible names (think RIDEONAM.MP3). I think at this point they might even survive the heat death of the universe. And they'll still be terribly-organised.

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[–] pfr@piefed.social 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (9 children)

Spotify is the last subscription I have. I'm otherwise completely free of big tech.

The reason I can't let it go is because I actually would never find new music I like without it's algorithm. I've found such good music based off it's recommendations. I know I could still find these bands without a premium subscription. But, music is a big part of my life and I just don't want to faff around when trying to find some music I like. For the same reason I think I'd struggle to self host my music because it'd totally fail to work at the worst times no doubt

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

You just too used to agorithms. I have zero issue finding new music without them to th point whwre i has to stop exporing new artists because i already listen to over 2000 artists without algos

[–] pfr@piefed.social 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's not the quantity, it's the quality. Sure I can search for similar artists with other means, but the Spotify algo is just on point. Probably so after many years of feeding it my listening habits.

I'll eventually drop it for a self hosted service with machine learning that I can train.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Algorithms has no concept of artistic. It's not about the quantity over quality for me either i believe that there is ten thousands or even hundred thousands of talented artists in the world

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