I heard leaving California is also cancerous. So, just never go there and you’re good.

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I thought that’s the info you were asking about. It’s hard to ask the right question when you’re not sure what the problem is. Lol. Glad I could help.

A long time ago, I learned that Apple Music uses exact “SKU’s” (I don’t know what they call them in Appleland), but think of it as a part number. Way back, during the iPod craze, after a while, I had multiple of the same song. I also lost a bunch of music (this was before cloud existed). In discussing a few issues with Apple, they said that the reason I had multiple of the same is because the part number is different. Even though it’s exactly the same song. And regarding lost music, the reason I could not get certain songs back is because the part number changed and they no longer carry the older part number.

I assume they still do this the same way. So, you can download the exact song/album, but to the app, it’s a different album/song. But, it’s really the same to you and me. From me simpleton way of thinking, this is a glitch, and one of the many problems with the digital world. I can think of a lot of reasons why it works this way. But, we can’t fix it since we’re consumers. Someone at App,e has to care enough about the problem to resolve it. And, they don’t care at all about it. So, there you go.

Spotify and Pandora have the exact same issue. So, it probably has to do with how the music is categorized from the publishers. For instance, a song on a compilation album will have a different part number than a song from the original album. A song from a remastered or re-release will be different than it original. So, you could have 3 or 4 copies of the same song on your playlist with the app thinking they are different from each other.

I can’t talk to the lossless feature. I’m not really that into a perfect sound. I don’t have any listening equipment that would make me notice. An iPhone with headphones is as close as I’m ever going to get, and for that, you don’t need lossless, no matter how good your headphones are.

Weird flex. Sounds average.

It’s easy if you become obsessed. Lol

It will def make its way into the mainstream over time. But, it will not replace real music from the heart. I think commercial and country music, as an example, could easily be replaced wit AI eventually. But, there will always be humans making music, and that music will always be better.

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Kind of. I’m getting there. I think with social media and really getting to know these people, I seem like I hate half the people I grew up with. And in the pandemic and Trump era, OMG. A lot of them came out as complete idiots. Just don’t know if I can recover. One is Eric Clapton. I still skip him when he comes on. I just can’t with his racist bullshit.

One thing a lot of people don’t know is how much Ringo changed the sound with his drums. It’s a very obvious thing once you hear it.

Listen to rock before Beatles, then after. Totally different. And a big part of that is the use of the high hat.

But, aside from that, they completely changed music. You can hear it pretty distinctly. I’m not going to prove it to anyone. If you want to hear for yourself, listen to rock music before beatles and after beatles. It’s a very dramatic difference.

It also saves water

It was recently, while the white supremest, rapist, lying POS was pretending to be a president while destroying democracy one step at a time. Clapton was up there shouting at people from stage. He was banned from playing a lot of places. Not sure if that’s improved for him, but he really took a turn during the pandemic. Personally, he was a life long hero to me. But, I will no longer support him nor listen to his music. People like that need to just die.

The music industry is one of the industries that have not evolved into the age of computers and digital media. They are still very old school and archaic. I tend to not worry about it because of that.

I have tried to license music legally, and it is a very difficult and grueling process. I don’t have any respect for that business. Artists make zero money from sales of their albums. Touring used to be where they made their money, but now even that is wilting. I don’t know what is going to happen, but the music business has put itself in this situation. It’s not our fault to want to listen and enjoy music. The only people getting rich are the mega stars and the music executives.

I don’t know the laws in your country, assuming Poland. But, in the USA, while they tell you it’s illegal, it is not. It is copyright infringement. That’s vastly different than illegal, in a Legal definition sense.

The other thing to understand about copyright is pursuing legal action is typically not going to happen if this is just for personal use. It’s expensive to prosecute. So, they typically will not go after an individual listening to music in their home for their own enjoyment.

They will sometimes prosecute big companies, or where the music is heard by a large crowd. Like, if a movie uses music for a sound track without permission. But, they don’t normally go after someone that downloads some tracks to listen to personally. That’s mostly unheard of.