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      1 year ago

      How is freely copyable information no one who is profiting from wrote or transcribed a product?
      It’s rent-seeking and it’s gross.

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        Spotify don’t just sell lyrics lol. The lyrics are just another of the features that require premium.

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          Right. They gatekeep them behind a paywall. This is like the forth time we’ve been over this.

          They are engaged in rentseeking behavior and that is wrong.

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            “rentseeking behaviour” is one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard used to describe a subscription service.

            Is that all this is - you dislike subscription services?

            They can’t gatekeep something that is available freely and easily outside of their service. They’re putting their implementation of the lyrics being matched to the music inside their subscription service. That’s not “gatekeeping”.

            You still haven’t explained how anyone “stole” anything either.

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              They can’t gatekeep something that is available freely and easily outside of their service.

              Can you see what they are there if you don’t pay them? Do I need to explain a 6th time what gatekeeping is?

              You still haven’t explained how anyone “stole” anything either.

              Yes I have. You just keep ignoring everything I say.

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                Yes I have. You just keep ignoring everything I say.

                You haven’t, so do it in reply to this. Who stole what from who?

                Do I need to explain a 6th time what gatekeeping is?

                I think you need someone to explain what it is to you tbh lol. Like I said, is this just you thinking that all subscription services are bad and “gate keeping”? Do you think needing to buy a ticket to go to a theme park is “gatekeeping”?

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                  1 year ago

                  What part of gatekeeping access are you not able to wrap your head around and how many times do I need to explain profiting off uncompensated labor?

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                    Who is profiting off uncompensated labor? Who stole what from who? You keep dodging the questions lol.

                    Spotify pay Musixmatch for lyrics. Spotify are paying for a service. If Musixmatch are “stealing” lyrics from somewhere that’s not Spotify’s problem.

                    Do you just believe that ALL subscriptions and payments to access something are “gatekeeping” behaviour? Answer the question. Is a movie theatre requiring you to buy a ticket before you can see the movie “gatekeeping” and bad? Is having to pay to watch netflix “gatekeeping”?

                    This is getting unbelievable in how much you are dancing around answering any questions about your crazy train of thought.