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@return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month ago

Napster to become a music-marketing metaverse firm after $207M acquisition

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Napster to become a music-marketing metaverse firm after $207M acquisition

arstechnica.com

@return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month ago
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Napster will promote music in “branded 3D virtual spaces,” soon-to-be owner says.
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  • @Telorand@reddthat.com
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    104•1 month ago

    FFS, stop trying to make the Metaverse happen. Nobody wants it.

    • @taladar@sh.itjust.works
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      29•1 month ago

      Those who want it have been using it for 20 years already with Second Life. Oddly enough, none of these new metaverse makers take any lessons learned from that but I guess then they would have to admit that VR is crap that nobody needs for immersion.

      • @peteyestee@feddit.org
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        3•1 month ago

        I like vr. 😿

        • @kureta@lemmy.ml
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          4•1 month ago

          There are dozens of you! Dozens!

    • @HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today
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      -18•
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      Hey fuck you man. Alright? Let us have our shitty things without the guilt. /s

      Edit: added “/s” at 15 downvotes. Let’s see if we can turn these numbers around. /s

      • @AarynBlack@lemm.ee
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        15•1 month ago

        deleted by creator

        • @HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today
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          3•1 month ago

          Looks like I forgot the /s but yeah, there’s some really shitty stuff on the metaverse but I believe it’s got a future once some things are sorted out. Like the Fediverse.

          • @sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            4•1 month ago

            The mediverse is a thing now? Like people log onto it? I thought it was just a failed concept.

      • @Sibshops@lemm.ee
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        10•1 month ago

        No shame in liking what you like. Roblox is a metaverse and lots of people play on that.

      • @satans_methpipe@lemmy.world
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        3•1 month ago

        Just a heads up: internet points don’t matter at all. They have no bearing on real actual life. You can relax.

        • @HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today
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          7•1 month ago

          Mr. Satans Methpipe sir, with all due devil respect, but you have no idea what I’m doing with these points in the metaverse, where they mean a lot. But thanks for the devilish concern.

          • @satans_methpipe@lemmy.world
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            1•1 month ago

            Lol carry on I guess.

        • @MBech@feddit.dk
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          2•1 month ago

          Then how the fuck else am I supposed to feel superior?

      • biokernel
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        0•1 month ago

        Edit: added “/s” at 15 downvotes. Let’s see if we can turn these numbers around. /s

        You didn’t self censor your obvious humor??? You’re on social media! 🤨

        • @HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today
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          1•1 month ago

          The rules on the Fediverse are different I thought? No?

  • @return2ozma@lemmy.worldOP
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    61•1 month ago

  • @mooncake@lemm.ee
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    46•1 month ago

    Lol I remember Napster for downloading music damn I’m old.

    • @Dave@lemmy.nz
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      11•1 month ago

      Holy hell, Napster is a (legal) subscription music streaming service! Crazy times we live in.

  • LupusBlackfur
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    38•1 month ago

    Napster… Sorry, who??

    They’re still around??

    🤷‍♂️

    • @mostlikelyaperson@lemmy.world
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      9•1 month ago

      They aren’t really, some crypto bros just bought the name and stuck it to this pile of horseshit, presumably in the hopes of making some money off of idiots.

  • Monkey With A Shell
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    25•1 month ago

    It’s impressive and somewhat concerning what people will pay for a name. Historic as it is Napster died long long ago

    • @wirebeads@lemmy.ca
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      19•1 month ago

      I’ll go fire up limewire now. Be right back.

  • @watson387@sopuli.xyz
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    20•1 month ago

    Only for the Metaverse? Ha! Guess I won’t be using Napster.

    • @Exec@pawb.social
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      10•1 month ago

      Yeah, next year they’ll go after NFTs then a year after that they’ll all in for AI.

  • @fork_hero@lemm.ee
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    20•1 month ago

    Mm. Nah. I’m just confused who this is supposed to be for: people who used Napster for free music or people who say “what’s a Napster?”

    • @Fredselfish@lemmy.world
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      14•1 month ago

      TIL Napster still exist. I thought it got shut down in the early 2000’s?

      • @mostlikelyaperson@lemmy.world
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        8•1 month ago

        It did, but the branding got sold a few times and is now in the hands of some crypto company.

  • @Maiq@lemy.lol
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    18•1 month ago

    Obligatory, FUCK YOU Lars Ulrich!

  • Alphane Moon
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    12•1 month ago

    I doubt anyone will use this except for crypto bagholders who have no interest in music (or anything really) and are just looking to dumb their bags the next mark.

  • @kambusha@sh.itjust.works
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    Beer good. Napster bad.

  • @Geodad@lemm.ee
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    9•1 month ago

    You were supposed to deatroy the Sith, not join them!

  • _cryptagion [he/him]
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    7•1 month ago

    How the mighty have fallen.

  • katy ✨
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    7•1 month ago

    maybe lars ulrich was right after all

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