Baljhin · 117 points · 40 comments · vor 16 Stunden · Open original
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TFTFNAvor 12 Stunden
As mentioned in the HN submission, Last.fm went through a redesign already over a decade ago. It stripped so much functionality that the site became useless except for merely tracking one's own listens, and there were already libre alternatives for that.
Last.fm is one of my go-to examples of how the internet has become a lonelier place. The old Last.fm was deeply linked with real life: it would show upcoming gigs in your town along with members who might be attending, and you could easily meet people in your own location who shared your own tastes in music. Where does a person find music-related socializing now?
DEdeweyvor 7 Stunden
For those now following the Last.fm so closely, in May of this year they became independent again (https://support.last.fm/t/last-fm-is-now-independent/118591) after being owned by CBS for a very long time, which is very exciting and I'm glad it wasn't just shut down by CBS.
COcobertosvor 13 Stunden
Self-hosted Koito[0] and glad I left Last.fm.
Not even a good first-party export, gotta use some hacked together third-party one to get your data out.
[0]: https://github.com/gabehf/koito
BABaljhinvor 16 Stunden
> "...Tell me your username and i'll give you (six) URLs..."
> (period can be: 7day, 1month, 3month, 6month, 12month or overall)
> Recent tracks
> Loved tracks
> Top tracks
> Top Artists
> Recommended tracks
> Recommended tracks in JSON format
https://github.com/xiffy/lfm
WIwinridvor 14 Stunden
> But I also wept. How is it possible that two almost identical endpoints have the key names differ on several spots or complete absent.
average legacy PHP backend :)
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As mentioned in the HN submission, Last.fm went through a redesign already over a decade ago. It stripped so much functionality that the site became useless except for merely tracking one's own listens, and there were already libre alternatives for that. Last.fm is one of my go-to examples of how the internet has become a lonelier place. The old Last.fm was deeply linked with real life: it would show upcoming gigs in your town along with members who might be attending, and you could easily meet people in your own location who shared your own tastes in music. Where does a person find music-related socializing now?
For those now following the Last.fm so closely, in May of this year they became independent again (https://support.last.fm/t/last-fm-is-now-independent/118591) after being owned by CBS for a very long time, which is very exciting and I'm glad it wasn't just shut down by CBS.
Self-hosted Koito[0] and glad I left Last.fm. Not even a good first-party export, gotta use some hacked together third-party one to get your data out. [0]: https://github.com/gabehf/koito
> "...Tell me your username and i'll give you (six) URLs..." > (period can be: 7day, 1month, 3month, 6month, 12month or overall) > Recent tracks > Loved tracks > Top tracks > Top Artists > Recommended tracks > Recommended tracks in JSON format https://github.com/xiffy/lfm
> But I also wept. How is it possible that two almost identical endpoints have the key names differ on several spots or complete absent. average legacy PHP backend :)