I've been a little less active on the #streaming front so I haven't had to delete my old VODs in a while but I'm starting to push 500 GB with my storage provider again so it's spring cleaning time.
I do download and archive my streams to long term storage. Maybe when I win the lottery I'll re-upload all of them for good but for now my funds are finite.
At least it's better than twitch or YouTube which have a much shorter retention period for their live streaming VODs. I keep mine for 3 months
Okay we are LIVE in just under 90 minutes with Homestar Runner YTP/parody videos!
Wasn't originally part of the plan but this is my first stream in pride month + since changing pronouns, so I guess it's my official Coming Out stream if you want to join
"The CEO of Spotify thinks music is made for free and is his to sell, promoted as ‘content’. Please always try to buy records (‘vinyl’), cds, T-Shirts and go to gigs where you can afford to support bands you love."
Has Spotify’s loyal user base given it the confidence to raise its prices for the second time in a year?
According to research firm Antenna, Spotify’s listeners are the least likely to cancel among any of the major video or audio streaming services in the U.S., with its growth and cancellation rates “much, much better” than its peers, reports @bloomberg.
While overall subscriber growth is slowing across all streaming services, last year Spotify managed to produce its best year of user growth and second-best year of subscriber growth. Can it sustain that and keep its subscriber base engaged at its new prices?
If you have a Samsung washing machine, you'll probably be familiar with its self-satisfied "I'm finished" chime — the 40-second jingle that plays when your wash cycle is complete. It's a version of Schubert's "Die Forelle," which was composed in 1817. Now, it's sparked an absurd copyright abuse flag on YouTube, with a Twitch streamer claiming his play-through of Fallout was demonetized because his washing machine finished while he was streaming. Seemingly YouTube's automatic scan had detected the washing machine chime as a song called "Done," which was uploaded to YouTube by a musician known as Audego nine years ago. Albino suggested that YouTube had potentially allowed Audego to make invalid copyright claims for years. Here's more from @arstechnica