submitted 19 hours ago by Uri@infosec.pub to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Got tired with it. Fired up ytdlp( it was complex for me. So I used an android app called ytdlnis) and downloaded some music. I can't do it in one day so still downloading.
🖕 music streaming . welcome offline music.

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[-] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 8 hours ago

The chat is useless most of the times. The users troll each other and the unmoderated nature means racism is quite common as well. That being said, there are the odd decent folks as well. I had a decent conversation with a guy once there and he even donated 5 days of Soulseek privileges to me; sadly these type of conversations are forgotten in the cesspool that is the chatroom there.

[-] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 2 points 1 hour ago

What the heck is soulseek privileged? Never seen that in my interface.

Good point :)

[-] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 57 minutes ago

If one donates to Soulseek( on their official website a certain amount), they get privileges. If you have privileges, then your downloads will be queued ahead of other users (basically you side step a long queue for downloading).

I use Nicotine, and when I open the client, it shows for a couple of seconds at the bottom/tray No active Soulseek privileges before vanishing. That's the only clue.

In practise, my downloads usually go through normally. The 5 days I had privileges I honestly didn't notice much difference. Some users have an automated script that crawls one's folder whenever you download from them, so as long as one has decent amount of shares, it's alright. (I only have shared 40 odd gigs but it's decent enough).