Yes, this isn’t just about profits for these companies.

It’s about control. They want to prove that they own us, and they’re right more often than not because of useful idiots.

You get to notice things you didn’t notice before. It’s a lot easier for our brains to ‘zoom in’ and process minute details that we don’t perceive normally. Since lossless and lossy music is not the exact same audio vibrating the air, our brains are not going to interpret them exactly the same. This difference doesn’t matter to most and isn’t always perceivable, but it’s there.

One thing that stood out to me during an acid trip was how moving my phone affected the playback speed of my bluetooth speakers. Moving it further away caused the song to slow down slightly for a moment, moving it closer caused the song to speed up slightly. You can imagine that this is because of some kind of ‘space invaders’ effect, where my phone is sending out signals at a constant rate and adjusting the distance to the receiver causes those signals to be received faster or slower, temporarily.

I’d say it’s definitely worth it.

Our brains shouldn’t have to work harder to listen to lossy music, which is what happens even if you can’t reliably perceive it.

Listening to music on acid (a lot) has really shaped my views of it and how even the most minor things can have a major impact on the final experience.

I’m not an audiophile though and can enjoy music in a wide range of formats and quality; I just prefer FLAC almost anywhere.*

*some songs sound ‘better,’ or at least more iconic in a lower quality

This is another step closer to requiring an ID to use the internet at all, which is exactly what the ruling class wants.

Fight back wherever you can.

Here’s a reliable, free VPN: https://riseup.net/en/vpn

Wow, $700m!? So this is why spotify is priced the way that it is!

Useful idiots kept telling me it’s so they can keep the lights on and put their kids through college, lmao.

You can download FLACs using Nicotine+.

I just use Pandora for radio and youtube for specific songs.

Use Nicotine+ to download music for free.

This age-verification bullshit is a fine example of how governments represent their rulers, not their citizens.

If the company is penalized for being at fault, then they will have reasons to try better in the future.

I don’t even give a flying fuck about how autopilot compares to the average driver. Tesla has the resources to make its technology better, so we as customers should all hold them to the highest possible standard. Anything less just outs you as a useful idiot; you’re willing to accept less so someone richer than you can have more.

Your post reeks of ignorance.

I don’t think you have the capability to understand what’s going on.

It’s all about giving something for useful idiots to latch on to.

These people know most of us can’t think for ourselves, so they take full advantage of it.

This isn’t really something you can be ‘too cautious’ about.

Hopefully we can at least agree that as of right now, they’re not being cautious enough.

We need more people like him in the world.

The bullshit artists have had free reign over useful idiots for too long.