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As Spotify moves to video, the environmental footprint of music streaming hits the high notes (theconversation.com)

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[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

Yay! Video on spotify means higher price I guess. And now with AI to worsen the deal!

Months ago I made the decision of going all out with my music and made a homeserver with jellyfin. Best decision ever. Can't be happier with my music service now.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 7 points 1 week ago

I don't really use Spotify anymore. I started buying albums mostly on Bandcamp and I feel pretty good about it. Less beholden to shitty capitalism for-profit hellscape

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Absolutely return to a big pile of MP3s. Just not for this silly bullshit reason. Control, privacy, and reliability matter. The carbon footprint of charging your phone does not.

Jesus Christ, it's like wagging a finger over using a Game Boy Advance to play Game Boy Color games. It's 5v instead of 3.3v! The letterboxing wastes power on black pixels! You're gonna burn through those AAs slightly faster!

I think one serving of tofu has more carbon footprint than a whole day streaming video.