Mastodawn

Finally some good tech news? #LastFM is now independent again.

https://support.last.fm/t/last-fm-is-now-independent/118591/2

Last.fm is now independent

What’s happening? Last.fm is now operating as an independent company following a change in ownership. Is Last.fm shutting down? No. The service continues as normal. Is Last.fm being acquired by another company? No. Last.fm is now operating independently. Is the team changing? The team building and operating Last.fm remains in place. What does independence mean for users? It means we can focus fully on building listening insights and community features for music fans. You’ll see continued, s...

Last.fm Support Community

@Gargron Yeah, but ListenBrainz and LibreFM are #opensource

Anders Cornelius Madsen 5d ago

@Rastal @Gargron

The footer on Last.FM still contains a "Jobs at Paramount" link, so I think that would be a good guess. :)

Joe Brockmeier 5d ago

@Gargron I might go back to using it. I had stopped Scrobbling and dropped the pro account recently because it just seemed a dead end and why should I pay to send my data to CBS?

Laurent Perrinet 5d ago

@Gargron wow that’s good news !

I love being able to need out what i listened over the years… and some hidden habits😱

https://www.last.fm/fr/user/meduz

Happily scrobbling more than ever now with #plex and #plexamp

Michael Labowicz 5d ago

@laurentperrinet @Gargron is there a good stats front end or plug in for Plex?

Laurent Perrinet 4d ago

@mlabowicz @Gargron not that I know - using the last.fm frontend instead.

Elan Feingold 4d ago

@laurentperrinet @Gargron Thanks for using Plexamp!

@Gargron Many years ago, it helped me discover many artists I still listen to this day. But those were different times. At this point, I'd be happy just to listen to the French prog band Nemo and not see the Eurovision singer's photo pop up (there was a war in the photo section, and we lost).

@gorfeld @Gargron Apparently there's Norwegian black metal called Troll, and also swedish teen bop one hit wonder called Troll...

@lepaggoth @gorfeld @Gargron Too many projects betting on the "heard before" effect. Common problem and shitty marketing technique.

excited for the mastodon rise 5d ago

@Gargron wait who had owned them?

Vicente ⁂4d ago

@qkslvrwolf CBS, apparently

Mark Down 5d ago

@Gargron what's the opposite of "enshittification?"

Golden Ratboy 5d ago

@fartnuggets @Gargron
Unshittification
Deshittification

Sebastiaan Ammerlaan 🇳🇱5d ago

@Gargron I switched to @ListenBrainz a while ago, if anyone's interested in an open-source alternative, definitely check it out.

🇨🇴🐈hercules 5d ago

@Gargron just when I started using it again.
here is my profike:
https://www.last.fm/user/Celgis

Celgis’s Music Profile | Last.fm

Listen to music from Celgis’s library (19,891 tracks played). Celgis’s top artists: Gorillaz, MF DOOM, Aterciopelados. Get your own music profile at Last.fm, the world’s largest social music platform.

Last.fm

Amin Girasol 5d ago

@Gargron what about this, though?

https://oldbytes.space/@fluidlogic/116648297820246310

Amin Girasol (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image @[email protected] "Jobs at Paramount"?

OldBytes Space - Mastodon

Vicente ⁂4d ago

@fluidlogic @Gargron seems like it was removed recently

Amin Girasol 4d ago

@vgarzareyna @Gargron oh, nice one. Thanks for pointing that out.

Filip M. Nowak 5d ago

@Gargron no way, just started to scrobble today, after years of silence 🤣