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   Pissed Hippo (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 16:13:12 JST Pissed Hippo
   true for everything except photography. the truth is that smartphone cameras are better than old point-and-shoots. you can still buy a good camera if you want one.
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     Birdulon (birdulon@shpposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 16:20:33 JST Birdulon

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     @sun I bought a bridge camera after naively listening to fedi users and subsequently returned it (thanks Amazon!) after it became apparent that it couldn't compare to my 5yo smartphone that cost roughly twice as much back then. Never taking advice from people who claim $20 compact cameras can do better and then turn around and complain that you didn't shell out for a mirrorless and glass collection when you start comparing photos to a midrange smartphone.
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     Pissed Hippo (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 17:51:53 JST Pissed Hippo

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     @newt itunes killed albums, albums allowed more creativity by bundling hit songs with songs the creators were more artistically invested in
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     :suya: (newt@stereophonic.space)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 17:51:54 JST :suya:

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     @sun no idea how exactly smartphones ruined music. They replaced players, sure. But that's it.
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     Pissed Hippo (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 17:55:41 JST Pissed Hippo

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     @sim @newt you can argue that it is just the natural evolution but the switch to singles definitely had a negative impact because now people won't try a song they didn't know they would like yet
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     sim@shitposter.world's status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 17:55:42 JST sim

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     @sun @newt Interesting... I hadn't considered that about albums before.
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     Pissed Hippo (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 17:57:42 JST Pissed Hippo

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     @newt I'm just saying it's arguable. napster was the beginning of the end for mainstream albums because people wanted to pay a dollar for an mp3 after that instead of 20 for a full disc
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     :suya: (newt@stereophonic.space)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 17:57:44 JST :suya:

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     @sun that's not phones. Also, I've no idea where this sentiment is coming from. Most music I get today is still released as albums.
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     Phantasm (phnt@fluffytail.org)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 18:01:16 JST Phantasm

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     @sun @newt The shuffle craze didn't help either, no longer could artists make gapless transitions in songs and make multiple songs connect to each other, because it would sound weird in shuffled playback.
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     sj_zero (sj_zero@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 18:07:05 JST sj_zero

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     One thing about music that got worse with phones is I think a lot of pop artists work as if their music will be played on a crappy tiny speaker instead of a hifi system.
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     Pissed Hippo (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 18:09:30 JST Pissed Hippo

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     @newt @sj_zero it depends, sometimes there's a radio mix and a CD mix
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     :suya: (newt@stereophonic.space)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 18:09:31 JST :suya:

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     @sj_zero @sun this was always the case. Also, loudness wars predate smartphones by two decades.
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     Pissed Hippo (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 18:17:18 JST Pissed Hippo

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     @newt @sj_zero oh I don't mean ones labeled radio mix I just mean they master it differently for radio play. sometimes people are furious (and rightly so) because the shitty radio version will get slapped on a CD. I remember that there was a metallica song where they did that but somebody figured out that the guitar hero version was mixed correctly so people ripped MP3s from that.
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     :suya: (newt@stereophonic.space)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 18:17:19 JST :suya:

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     @sun @sj_zero yes, but for different reasons. A radio mix is sometimes shorter and doesn't have foul language. I can't remember a song where these would only differ in loudness or sound quality.