Original question by @Justathroughdaway@lemmy.world

It goes without saying, DVDs/BlueRays.

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[+] 9 points 1 year ago (9 children)
  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I literally got a tech support call last week asking, "How do I legally get MP3s to put on this new MP3 player I just got?" I was kinda stumped. "Umm... Rip a CD?"

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Good to know! Legal, non-DRM? Do they have popular artists?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Completely legal and non-DRM yes. You buy digital albums and can choose what type of files you download. (MP3, FLAC, WAV, ALAC, AIFF, and more). Artists can even offer a license for a choose-your-own-amount donation.

    I'm not too sure about popular artists, but they do have a lot of great indie artists. A lot of small bands use it, as well as a lot of music producers from smaller subgenres. (Darkpsy for example)

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Brit here. We (the household) had our landline switched over from analog to digital last year so if our internet connection drops out we won't be able to use the landline. the reasoning was the phone cables are getting old and the government doesn't want to spend money to replace them so landlines just connect to the router now. i know landlines aren't obsolete but the technology which made them redundant is, at least in my area. the rollover is expected to be completed by 2027 iirc

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I don't see landlines going away for a long time. Most residential doesn't need either of them, but commercial will absolutely be using them for a long time. Businesses and corporations get a huge advantage from having phones that are so reliable. They don't need to be charged, they never have to deal with poor signals, and they are cheap to replace of broken.

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