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I'm one of those hipsters who doesn't use streaming services.

I did, a while ago, but I quit using them because the experience is kind of awful, and I'm happier now for it. I collect physical media and watch it using Jellyfin on my Linux-based home theater PC, and I'm completely satisfied with how it works.

I'm making this video because I am really troubled by algorithmic helplessness, and I feel like corporate-centralized streaming media makes that worse. Maybe this video will encourage someone else to cut the cord and rediscover an appreciation for owning your media and being choosy about what to "watch next". Or maybe I'm just wasting time. Who knows? I suppose, you know, you're reading this description, right?

If you read the description, say "algorithmic helplessness sucks" in the comments. That'll make me feel better.

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[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 day ago

I love her.

Can't help it but think of a world with more ppl like her in it.

[-] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 11 points 1 day ago

If you like her check out “Bread on Penguins” too. She was suggested to me because I watch Veronica and I really dig the way she does her videos too. She’s the complete opposite of the mainstream YouTubers and just a nice person who really enjoys Linux and making videos.

[-] FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

How would I find new music?

[-] whimsy@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 day ago

KEXP (a radio station and also online+YouTube) has opened my eyes to so many new artists. And also bandcamp has a very interesting related artists kinda feature

[-] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Used to be we would share mixtapes.. I really miss that. It was an intimate social interaction that we've entirely lost with modern streaming.

[-] VeganBtw@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago

Yeah I share the sentiment, but I remember finding the songs for mixtapes on... the radio, where I didn't really have a say on what's playing. Algorithms can be a force for good sometimes.

[-] irmadlad@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

but I remember finding the songs for mixtapes on… the radio

Back in the day, disk jockies would announce 'Alright, get your cassettes out, we're going to play the entire Led Zep - Kashmir LP, usually late at night.

[-] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Used to be that disk jockeys also got to pick what they played to an extent. Now it's all just predetermined lists nationwide brought to you by iHeartRadio. But yeah. Crazy to think how quickly things changed.

[-] irmadlad@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

True. Most radio stations now get their playlists from corporate, like Clear Channel. So, both the radio station and the music industry are in cahoots. A pay to play scenario. Gone are the days of submitting an LP to a radio station for play consideration.

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[-] irmadlad@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

True. I remember the days of mixtapes, and then the advent of cd collections in your car of all the bootleg 'mix tapes'. However, I still hold that if it weren't for Shawn Fanning, among others, pushing the envelope, the music scene online would be quite different than it is now. Technology is like that....double edged sword and all that.

[-] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

Aside from similar artists, I scrobble to Listenbrainz, which gives recommendations from similar artists and similar listeners.

[-] myrmidex@belgae.social 1 points 1 day ago

Indeed! I lean heavily on similar users to me, finding unknown gems frequently!

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[-] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Bandcamp? Listenbrainz? Last.fm?

Not by reading pitchfork or rolling stone. Those are only for people who hate music.

Back in the aughts I would find bands because they were an opener for another band I was seeing.

[-] FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I saw Charley Crockett last summer and a guy named Drayton Farley opened for him. I'm not a huge Drayton Farley fan.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I saw Joshua Ray Walker open for Marcus King and didn't even like his show but looked him up and found his recorded work to be incredible, THEN he found out he had cancer and that was part of why the live show was weak, nothing to do with his music, and says he is recovering now, but I felt so uncharitable thinking the show sucked when he was dealing with something so awful.

But anyway - I do use streaming but like you find bands other ways, opening acts, radio, sometimes Brooklyn Vegan, that site posts about bands I've never heard of, I listen and find stuff I like (and a lot I don't).

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[-] Darohan@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

I've been meeting my music discovery needs with a combination of community radio and bandcamp - plus just talking to friends, though your mileage may vary depending on your friends' taste.

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