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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2021 1:08:14 GMT 10
I was just thinking this morning about how we are going to regret, as a society, trading reliable forms of media for buggy and unreliable apps and streaming services.
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Post by 10slover on Jun 19, 2021 7:01:37 GMT 10
I was just thinking this morning about how we are going to regret, as a society, trading reliable forms of media for buggy and unreliable apps and streaming services. Right now it seems as if people are happy about it. I feel like that regret will hit us in the mid or late 2020s. Well, you can still buy physical media. Physical music and movie cd's are still a thing, and widely popular still. I don't think these things (physical media) will disappear forever, brands still make music/video players and physical copies of movies/songs are still a thing.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2021 9:57:33 GMT 10
Well, you can still buy physical media. Physical music and movie cd's are still a thing, and widely popular still. I don't think these things (physical media) will disappear forever, brands still make music/video players and physical copies of movies/songs are still a thing. Fair enough. Music artists are keeping vinyls alive. We can still buy blank VHS tapes. Now physical media has become underground. It’s no longer apart of mainstream culture as it was in the 2000s. I really miss FM radio as it was prior to iHeartRadio ruining it. Nowadays all the stations are the same no matter what city you are in and they are all about as boring as possible. Formats are mostly targeted towards boomers as well. However, FM radio prior to around 2010 was better than most streaming services today. SiriusXM does fill the niche but it's missing that local aspect.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Jun 19, 2021 10:03:54 GMT 10
I was just thinking this morning about how we are going to regret, as a society, trading reliable forms of media for buggy and unreliable apps and streaming services. I wish there was more of a balance. I'll be honest, I personally think streaming is great, and I love the fact that I can stream a song on Spotify or watch my favourite show whenever I want. However, nothing beats actually owning a physical copy of something. I think streaming will eventually become more reliable and will be of better picture quality in the years to come. We're still in the early stages of the "streaming age" to be fair; binge-culture only started to become a thing back in 2015, for instance. In 5-10 years time, the technology may end up improving considerably.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2021 10:37:20 GMT 10
I really miss FM radio as it was prior to iHeartRadio ruining it. Nowadays all the stations are the same no matter what city you are in and they are all about as boring as possible. Formats are mostly targeted towards boomers as well. However, FM radio prior to around 2010 was better than most streaming services today. SiriusXM does fill the niche but it's missing that local aspect. Yeah I miss FM radio too. I agree it was better in the 2000s and back. I think anywhere from 2012 to 2015 was the last time FM radio was relevant. Yes all the stations lack originality as if they’re a carbon copycat of each other. Sirius XM and iHeart Radio seem fake, robotic and no emotion. I think the programming on SiriusXM is better than iHeartRadio, but you are right. The fact that it is a national service contributes to the fake/robotic feeling. iHeartRadio Top 40 stations play way too many songs from the 2000s and early 2010s. Songs like "Gold Digger" by Kanye West and "Rude Boy" by Rihanna are so overplayed at this point.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2021 10:51:15 GMT 10
I think the programming on SiriusXM is better than iHeartRadio, but you are right. The fact that it is a national service contributes to the fake/robotic feeling. iHeartRadio Top 40 stations play way too many songs from the 2000s and early 2010s. Songs like "Gold Digger" by Kanye West and "Rude Boy" by Rihanna are so overplayed at this point. iHeartRadio explains why I still hear electropop in businesses like it’s 2011. I think it was in 2017 or 2018 that they fired all the program directors at all of the stations nationally and replaced the programming on all the stations with national feeds. The national feed they use for Top 40 is what was common in small/rural markets back in the old days. It's basically a "greatest hits" of pop music covering the past 20 years. They won't add new music until it's a solid hit or a chart topper.
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