“Kay Redden, founder and operator of Seattle cassette-tape label Den Tapes, likens the choice to interact with physical media to shopping local, given the increasingly competitive attention economy of today: “It’s kind of like voting with your dollar, like when you’re opting to support a local business rather than go to Home Depot or whatever.” In this way, devoting time to the making or consuming of physical art can be seen as a net positive in the war over our time and data points—each non-technological activity we participate in has become an act of micro-revolution.”

  • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    191·
    2 months ago

    each non-technological activity we participate in has become an act of micro-revolution.

    Not to be a nitpicker but… Tapes and tape decks are technology? Just like… 50 year old tech? In the scheme of the history of human technology that’s a blip. Not using technology would be like sitting in the grass staring at the clouds. Written language is technology, books are technology, and so on. They’re just early, simple human tech but they are still tech.

    • lemmysmash@beehaw.org
      9·
      2 months ago

      I think it sounds more correct like:

      each non-technological[-company-owned] activity we participate in has become an act of micro-revolution.

      There’s nothing wrong with the digital media or streaming technology on its own. It might be even more energy-efficient than some older technologies.

      What’s wrong is that now the company X Y (sheesh, you can’t even use a random alphabet letter anymore without pointing right at one of them!) owns your whole music library, decides what to remove from there and what make you add there, and just by the way also casually sells your personal data and your habits to some other companies, that also decide for you what you should read/watch/listen to/buy.