Post #4101031

2026-07-26 00:45 UTC

@TerminalTilt@social.terminaltilt.com I see so by "shitty" you mean that it is difficult to share ephemeral (as opposed to persistent) shares of music? Something like that?

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@TerminalTilt@social.terminaltilt.com 2026-07-26 00:52

@oemb1905@gnulinux.social Not quite ephemeral vs persistent. More like: Self-hosted (Navidrome, Nicotine+) - Legal liability if you share publicly. Fine for personal use or trusted circles, but posting links broadly. You're hosting copyrighted material without redistribution rights. Corporate platforms (YouTube, SoundCloud, Spotify) - Surveillance, data extraction, ethical problems. But everyone's there, so links actually work for discovery. Federated (Funkwhale, etc.) - Ethically sound, no hosting liability if linking externally, but tiny userbase. Sharing a Funkwhale link is like sharing a Mastodon post in 2016. So "shitty" is forced to choose between legal risk, supporting surveillance capitalism, or shouting into the void. None are actually good options. What I am going to try to do for now on is ListenBrainz scrobbles (metadata only, no hosting) and external links when I need to share something specific. It's the least shitty compromise. It supports artists via plays, no legal exposure, but still relies on corporate platforms for the actual audio.

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