Wow whee - just got an email from #PayPal to say that my #LastFM yearly subscription price changed from $30 to $50.
Crazy stuff. I get that inflation is a thing; but the site is entirely user contributed data - from the scrobbling of the tracks to editing data and uploading images and links in the database.
And they sell that data to other companies. And haven’t updated their website or apps in so, so, long. The whole thing is pretty much in maintenance mode.
@matt@okwithmydecay I received an email regarding the price increase last Friday. And, to be fair, they did build some new features around monthly/yearly listening reports. But I also agree that it’s hard to justify the new price. :/
@andyc Yes! I’ve always used MusicBrainz - both contributing data and using Picard. I also imported all my listening data from Last.fm into ListenBrainz 🧠
Now I moved the $30 a year I give to Last.fm over to MusicBrainz too 🥹
@andyc Most of the apps I use to listen to music dont actually send tracks to ListenBrainz. That part is still hard. Its easier to submit to last.fm and then, every once in a while, log into LB and import the data from Last.fm
@matt I stopped subscribing when last.fm stopped discussion groups and streaming. These days it's just #audioscrobbler with a shoutbox - most of the proper #LastFm features have gone
@jonpsp@matt I have fond memories of #Lastfm, and still scrobble. However these days, I find #ListenBrainz a worthy successor, and @metabrainz is regularly adding new features
@okwithmydecay Thanks for the tip - I semi-regularly jump into ListenBrainz and import all my latest scrobbles from Last.fm, but I will start to look for the apps I need to make it my default go-to service.
@kristian I understand it costs to run a service, and so was quite happy to contribute. Between the years of 2004 and 2010, I used the site an awful lot.
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