Many factors at work here.

First off, mp3 at 320 kbps (or 256 for that matter) encoded with modern algorithms will be nearly idrntical to the original source. I defy you to reliably tell it apart from a FLAC in an A/B test. Where it usually fails is in stereo imaging, not obvious distortion or frequency limitations.

Secondly, many people have mentioned normalization (actually compression) in streaming services. When applied after the mix, i.e. exactly what they do, it ruins music. If you can turn off every ‘feature’ in these services that modifies the sound, you’ll find improvements.

Thirdly, you’re not necessarily getting great sound from them anyway. Spotify defaults to 96kbps Vorbis which is comparable to 128kbps mp3. And if your network speeds are low or laggy, it may well drop the quality dynamically to keep playing without glitches.

Fourth, there’s the issue of mastering. You may have a differently-mastered release than what is on the streaming site. This can make a HUGE difference in some cases. If you can, try listening to Dark Side of the Moon releases from 2003 (Doug Sax) vs. the 2023 blu-ray.

And those are only the most likely candidates. There could well be other factors at play.

It sounds like the Beaverton.

“Summer is here! Rotate your car tires, dust off the grill, and prepare for the inevitable theft of your bike!”

yes.

Theory, economics, etc., all have something to say about it. But at the end of the day, Netflix (and the rest) want to deliver as little as possible for dollar of revenue.

Nope.

The third party isnt the problem. It’s your SO that cheated, and who should suffer.

Pack up. Leave. Take what you can.

Boo fuckin’ hoo, shitbags.

No no no fucking NO!

Do NOT accept this! Do NOT normalize this! DO NOT COMPLY!

Did you really need to see that youtube video? If it was that important, then find another way. Lie. Get a downloader. Get creative. Or walk away, since it was probably not that important

DON’T SELL YOUR IDENTITY FOR CONVENIENCE. DON’T WILLINGLY FEED THE SPIES MORE INFORMATION.

An epoch baby!

I feel like this belongs in shittyasklemmy.

No, because I’m not 12 years old.

neesh for all purposes.

I’ve never heard anyone talk about a “nitch.” Maybe an US dialect?

Canada has Medical Assistance In Dying (MAID). People can - with medical approval and assistance - choose to go out on their own terms.

Do you mean within the US or trust internationally?

The rest of the world has begrudgingly let the US dominate world commerce, culture, and morality. Now they’re realizing how much of their own identity they’ve given away, and are struggling to recover from it. Critically, even if the US ever gets their shit together again, nobody else wants to go back to the same relationship they had. We’ve been forced out of an abusive relationship, and now we’re free.

All of them baked.

Always has been.

SNL appeals to a certain demographic. As the cast and style chang, you age out. The result is that you look at ‘your’ cast as awesome, and everything after as cringe. Then, after two generations of TV, you find that it’s funny again. Maybe not as good as it once was, but pretty decent.

People 7-10 years younger are going to experience EXACTLY the same thing - shifted by 7-10 years.

And the exact same thing will happen with music.

Generally, because that’s not how cartoons are voiced.

However, table reads at comic conventions are a popular thing.

In the early '80s, BBSes were a source of piracy. Also, local user groups would share or rent tapes/disks of software ‘only to be used that month,’ with a wink and a nod.

In the mid-'80s, I was downloading…images from FTP sites around the world, and also assembling multi-part uuencoded files from Usenet.

This was all before the web, and It wasn’t new then.

Most of 'em. Here are some highlights.

• vi/vim. The one true text editor
• thunderbird. Standard email client
• musicbee. Absolutely the BEST audio player/organizer anywhere. Sadly, not available on Linux
• potplayer. Just a simple, high quality video player
• LibreOffice. Used to be almost as good as MS. Now it is far better.
• FIrefox, sort of. I’ve lately switched to Waterfox, which is from the same code base as ff.

I will never celebrate the death of another human. Not even Trump.

I will be glad that the world just got better, and curious about whether the US fascists can find another mouthpiece so successful as he.

But his death isn’t likely to change much in a party he rebuilt to venerate him.

Quit making new accounts. I’m tired of blocking you over and over.

You are actively making the fediverse worse.

It’s weird, but not NEARLY as weird as your obsession with age-gap relationships.

How many accounts are you going to get banned on this question?