#TIL that #Mirlo has funding to add basic ActivityPub federation, so their artists can be found and followed in the fediverse;
"NLNet is awarding Mirlo €40,000 to help us fund our work on decentralization.
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Integrating a very simple version of ActivityPub (the protocol that underpins Mastodon) into Mirlo. We're being mindful that this will not be people's primary ActivityPub service, so we'll keep things simple for now."
@mirlo, 2025
Just checked out Qobuz. It offers me albums to buy. I try to listen to them, but it wants me to login. Nope. Moving on to one of the many places where I can listen without doing that.
Asking for a login before allowing preview of an album is like asking people for ID before they can access listening posts in a record store. Choosing stick over carrot implies the login is to improve *their* experience, not mine, by subjecting me to more DataFarming.
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Love your work on FairCamp @negativevoid;
"Artists: Reach out if you would like to have a faircamp site built and/or hosted for your work. Larger catalogues are not trivial for build or storage. Still reach out if you would like to have a page setup even if you are unable to finacially chip in. We might be able to line up a sponsor to cover your setup/hosting."
