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Napster to become a music-marketing metaverse firm after $207M acquisition (arstechnica.com)
submitted 3 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 100 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 26 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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 2 points 3 months ago

I like vr. 😿

[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 60 points 3 months ago

[–] mooncake@lemm.ee 46 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 11 points 3 months ago

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

[–] lupusblackfur@lemmy.world 38 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Napster... Sorry, who??

They're still around??

🤷‍♂️

[–] mostlikelyaperson@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months 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.

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 24 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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 18 points 3 months ago

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

[–] fork_hero@lemm.ee 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] mostlikelyaperson@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

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

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Exec@pawb.social 10 points 3 months ago

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

[–] Maiq@lemy.lol 18 points 3 months ago

Obligatory, FUCK YOU Lars Ulrich!

[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months 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 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Beer good. Napster bad.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 months ago

maybe lars ulrich was right after all

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 months ago

How the mighty have fallen.