Thanks for taking the time to write a thoughtful answer. Especially that historical perspective was interesting.

I just thought that AI music is going to be like the ways clothes are manufactured today. Sure, you could get your clothes from a big factory, and many people do. At the same time, there are still many people who make clothes by hand just for fun. There are also some who make clothes the old way and sell them to millionaires who can afford to appreciate that production method and the quality that comes with it.

My guess is, the same will happen to music industry. Most people who wear cheap t-shirts, will also listen to cheap AI pop. Some other people with the money to hire musicians will do so, just like they’ve done so far. At the same time, many people will also continue to enjoy playing instruments or knitting wool scarfs just because it’s fun.

Bonus question: How do you see AI affecting music production in the future? Sites like Suno can already produce some sort of music, but will that sort of technology enhance or threaten your work? Is this just like the time when the spinning jenny revolutionized the textile industry?

Nah, too much freedom. Use Red Star OS to properly restrict your activities and let NK know what you’re doing.

Breaking news! Trump said something, and it wasn’t true.

Normies noticed when MS took away the start menu in W8, but didn’t notice when W10 shipped with a ton of spyware “features”.

So when I walk past some bicycles parked outside of a store, and simply use my eyes to determine if they have locks, I’m essentially a hacker.

Seems like we’ll get financially viable fusion power plants before that happens.

And that means that using nail polish remover in weather like that is going to be annoying. That stuff evaporates very easily as it is, but in weather like that it’s all gone as soon as you open the bottle.

Professional photographers use needles to keep things from sliding around.

“Dodge this”, Han Solo said and threw the ring in the volcano.

I follow the “buy a Windows computer, install Linux, and slap an Apple sticker on it” school of thought. If it’s an Android phone, I would recommend using another Apple sticker.

That’s not very far in the future, so it’s going to be really exciting to see how that works out.

Looking forward to it, but won’t be disappointed if it takes a bit longer than expected.

Basically anyone can get banned by Google.

Lizard people wins the price, hands down.

The way I see it, we’re finally sliding down the trough of disillusionment.

I agree with you for the most part, but you omitted the symbiotic (or even mutualistic) relationship users and platforms have. For example, Google provides a video platform, and user provide the videos. Such a transaction comes with a contract we all neglected to read, but accepted regardless. As far as the contract is concerned, both parties should be fine with this situation. Nobody is stealing anything.

Obviously, this situation has quite a few problems, and the Fediverse addresses many of them. However, self hosting text, audio and video doesn’t happen for free, just like Google can’t run their servers for free. Either you pay directly to the devs and admins, or you find other creative ways to make money flow. That’s where the Fediverse and commercial platforms differ greatly.

Nah, too late. Now that I’ve finally migrated to the fediverse, I’m staying here.

Interesting. I assume that it resulted in lots of mayhem and destruction.

Anyway, goes to show that even my most original ideas have already been done. Usually several decades before I was born.

Office apps aren’t really designed for the things people use them for. You shouldn’t write a book using Word, nor should you do complicated calculations in Excel. Regardless, those things actually happen in real life, and the people involved in these atrocities suffer because of it.