Where did the enshittification of #music begin? It definitely wasn’t Napster but it feels like it was before Spotify?
The iPod and those weird DCMA digital laws? Gotta be it.
This is the rabbit hole I will be going down for the next hour.
*Yeah we’re definitely agreeing on the DCMA being the main point. You guys are amazing btw.
From: @sergiodeprado
https://masto.es/@sergiodeprado@masto.es/113885465229356465
@ErickaSimone @sergiodeprado My contrarian-in-some-circles opinion is that the era of paid iTunes downloads was actually a •high• watermark (at least in recent times), and it's (1) streaming and especially (2) recommender-system-based streaming that have caused the most harm in recent years.
No need to seek out. No need to hold on, to value. Listening can be just an infinite stream of passive, disconnected non-engagement.
@inthehands no need to research, listen, hold on or care. Just wild disconnection to anything tangible about music. The DCMA was it.