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it's been a week since i'm rid of it and tbh i don't really miss it; i just buy cd's from the charity shop and listen on my cd player when home. if i REALLY crave a certain song whilst out and about then i'll just go on youtube. so far it's nice to not have the decision paralysis of what music i want to listen to and i feel like i'm getting to experience music as more of a whole thing bc i can't just keep flicking between artists. and i'm not ashamed that i did enjoy coldplay's parachutes album on a soft and fading thursday evening!
Feb 9, 2024
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i canceled my Spotify account over the summer and have spent the last few months rebuilding my digital music library on a refurbished iPod Touch. reading critiques of the app (and itâs enshittification), i realized i wasnât even sure of my own musical tastes and preferences. i had stopped picking for myself, stopped seeking out new music, ceasing to know how to choose what i wanted or articulate what i like.
breaking free from the algorithm has been such a joy! iâm borrowing gobs of music from the library, rebuilding my old playlists, and consuming more music than i have in years. and better yet, my data isnât being tracked by Spotify and i own whatâs in my personal library. further, my receptors are more open when iâm out in the world exposed to music, searching for recommendations in an organic way.
breaking free from the algorithm has been such a joy! iâm borrowing gobs of music from the library, rebuilding my old playlists, and consuming more music than i have in years. and better yet, my data isnât being tracked by Spotify and i own whatâs in my personal library. further, my receptors are more open when iâm out in the world exposed to music, searching for recommendations in an organic way.
Jan 16, 2025
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đ”I finally did it, because itâs evil. I will probably write a more comprehensive list of things that make it easier but for nowâŠ
1) literally just delete it before you do anything else. we adapt very fast to things.
2) accept that you will listen to different things in different contexts. I was like oh but i have records I donât own on download/cd so I wonât have them on my phoneâŠso what? i have records I listen to on record in the house, CDs I listen to in the car etc.
3) bandcamp! use your Spotify subscription fee to buy an album each month. Also you get three free streams of like every song if you like to try things out
4) soundcloud - if you still want to have a streaming service equivalent and know that even the alternatives are also evil, Soundcloud seems like the least evil
5) YouTube - for when youâre like âoh I really wanna listen to Barracuda by Heartâ one day
6) charity shop CDs
7) library CDs
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đ»it's definitely far from perfect and has been in beta forever, but i've actually found myself using it everyday. choice paralysis and scrolling endlessly for the right song to listen to, just isn't conducive to music-listening. leave the decision-making to the playlist. waitâis this just a rec to listen to the radioâŠ
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đman, libraries ROCK !!!! what do you mean i can just chill here in this chair... in this warm building with high ceilings... all of these shelves full of delights like graphic novels and how to speak another language... and then i can take my favourite books home... FOR FREE ?!?! i am so happy i left the house to go to the library today
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every year i make a new video to mark a theme that has defined the past year: this year it was all about addiction to the internet and subsequent feelings that time spent online takes me away from my sense of self !!!!
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đnow i'm in a dull wfh job that makes me want to scratch my eyes out. i have a substack and often do mini creative projects, but don't really feel like my creative pursuits tie into my professional life in the way i envisioned. i think younger me would be shocked, but happy, that i never got a nose job. i'm not sure if she'd like me.. i hope she'd understand that i'm trying my best, even if it doesn't always look like it