▲ 430 ▼ Spotify says its best developers haven't written a line of code since December, thanks to AI (techcrunch.com) submitted 8 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 136 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] silverneedle@lemmy.ca 37 points 8 months ago (8 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 8 points 8 months ago* Like a lot of these big, consolidated, years long projects, the real work is maintenance. The rest is just a bunch of people desperately trying to improve obscure KPIs by 1%. Mark Fisher's idea of market stalinism comes to mind permalink fedilink source parent [–] deathbird@mander.xyz 6 points 8 months ago (4 children) Find a musician you like. Buy their music on Bandcamp. Download as FLAC. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] silverneedle@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SpaceScotsman@startrek.website 5 points 8 months ago It may be waiting to enshittify, but as it is still DRM free, that's not a huge deal breaker (as long as they don't change this policy). Plus, they're still doing Bandcamp fridays, so it's still the best way to financially support a musician at the moment. permalink fedilink source parent [–] deathbird@mander.xyz 2 points 8 months ago Yeah I download the files right away. It creates something of an Odysseus Pact I think. The second they stop offering me the downloads DRM free, I download the files DRM free elsewhere. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HereIAm@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago I find Bandcamp missing most of the artists I listen to. I've had a lot more success buying from Qobuz and beatport. permalink fedilink source parent [–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 10 points 8 months ago (1 child) You are wrong on many points IMO. I've been using it for nearly a decade, it's changed a lot. I don't know why you'd be leaving ux out. What code is there to write? You must be trolling come on now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 8 points 8 months ago* Like a lot of these big, consolidated, years long projects, the real work is maintenance. The rest is just a bunch of people desperately trying to improve obscure KPIs by 1%. Mark Fisher's idea of market stalinism comes to mind permalink fedilink source parent
[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 6 points 8 months ago (4 children) Find a musician you like. Buy their music on Bandcamp. Download as FLAC. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] silverneedle@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SpaceScotsman@startrek.website 5 points 8 months ago It may be waiting to enshittify, but as it is still DRM free, that's not a huge deal breaker (as long as they don't change this policy). Plus, they're still doing Bandcamp fridays, so it's still the best way to financially support a musician at the moment. permalink fedilink source parent [–] deathbird@mander.xyz 2 points 8 months ago Yeah I download the files right away. It creates something of an Odysseus Pact I think. The second they stop offering me the downloads DRM free, I download the files DRM free elsewhere. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HereIAm@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago I find Bandcamp missing most of the artists I listen to. I've had a lot more success buying from Qobuz and beatport. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] silverneedle@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SpaceScotsman@startrek.website 5 points 8 months ago It may be waiting to enshittify, but as it is still DRM free, that's not a huge deal breaker (as long as they don't change this policy). Plus, they're still doing Bandcamp fridays, so it's still the best way to financially support a musician at the moment. permalink fedilink source parent [–] deathbird@mander.xyz 2 points 8 months ago Yeah I download the files right away. It creates something of an Odysseus Pact I think. The second they stop offering me the downloads DRM free, I download the files DRM free elsewhere. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SpaceScotsman@startrek.website 5 points 8 months ago It may be waiting to enshittify, but as it is still DRM free, that's not a huge deal breaker (as long as they don't change this policy). Plus, they're still doing Bandcamp fridays, so it's still the best way to financially support a musician at the moment. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 2 points 8 months ago Yeah I download the files right away. It creates something of an Odysseus Pact I think. The second they stop offering me the downloads DRM free, I download the files DRM free elsewhere. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HereIAm@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago I find Bandcamp missing most of the artists I listen to. I've had a lot more success buying from Qobuz and beatport. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 10 points 8 months ago (1 child) You are wrong on many points IMO. I've been using it for nearly a decade, it's changed a lot. I don't know why you'd be leaving ux out. What code is there to write? You must be trolling come on now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)