@0xabad1dea for a minimum viable replacement, sure you don’t need end to end encryption. But I hope that someone can design E2EE seamless enough that users barely notice, so we can avoid things like Discord selling users out to the feds for making fun of Charlie Kirk.

@MJmusicinears Is there any sort of verifiable source for this?

@forestine for what it’s worth, I bought the entire Crane Wives discography, which is 8 albums and a single, for $38.25. That’s a bit over 3 months cost of Spotify premium, and gives them more money than if I only listened to them on Spotify for probably my entire life. And I own the music forever, without ads. Owning your entire music collection is achievable.