like, Spotify *HAS* to be doing some kind of audio processing, right? it can't be THIS bad

this is MISERABLE

it calls to me like the green goblin mask

like fuck man. it sounds warmer. the highs sound slightly better. i don't understand you're both fuckign LOSSLESS

i log on to bluesky where everyone yells at me for checking both fedi and twitter still

wild??

NOW YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT I SNUCK IN ANOTHER, DIFFERENT ISRC THAT WAS *NOT* THE RADIO REMIX.

YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE HOW APPLE MUSIC REPORTS THAT ISRC TOO.

I have zero idea how AM reports these. especially bc all three of those variants of The Good Life have their own ISRCs! all three of these releases are on the same damn release, so... how?? how???????????

what the HELL

(s/o to @teal.fm, bc i'm using their records to pull this info bc it's easier)

what's even *stranger* is that it is apparently reporting 'phantom ISRCs', or ISRCs that are apparently legitimate but are not registered at all with SoundExchange. this is probably happening just because these releases are Apple Music-exclusive DJ sets, but it's still really fucking weird!

I don't actually think picking a specific streaming platform is 'better' - they all suck 100% ass, and I'm more so invested in getting people to directly support their favorite artists and acts and music. I think that using spotify is fine, as long as you make the effort to buy the albums you love

I think, from an ethical/moral standpoint, I can kind of sympathize with "well this is the cost of convenience, and it might make sense to give up slight conveniences in favor of ethical or moral value", but there is a certain level of just...expected functionality. and on top of that,

it's kind of deeply frustrating. I have been Apple Music's biggest proponent for _YEARS_ (it really does do many things quite a lot better) but ultimately it is worse. I wrote an entire fucking post about it medium.com/@loveshock/a...