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Napster to become a music-marketing metaverse firm after $207M acquisition (arstechnica.com)
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[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 50 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] taladar@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week 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.

[-] return2ozma@lemmy.world 38 points 2 weeks ago

[-] mooncake@lemm.ee 33 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 7 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] lupusblackfur@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago

Napster... Sorry, who??

They're still around??

🤷‍♂️

[-] watson387@sopuli.xyz 20 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] Exec@pawb.social 8 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 16 points 2 weeks 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 13 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] fork_hero@lemm.ee 10 points 2 weeks 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 5 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] Maiq@lemy.lol 9 points 2 weeks ago

Obligatory, FUCK YOU Lars Ulrich!

[-] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks 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 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Beer good. Napster bad.

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