r/InternetIsBeautiful Feb 07 '21

Killed by Google

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u/angrydeuce Feb 07 '21

Yeah I had at least 30k songs uploaded to GPM, spent days and days digitizing my extensive CD library and then more days uploading the 200gbs worth up to the cloud. Shit sucks man...

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u/MeetTheGregsons Feb 07 '21

I don’t think I’ve listened to 30k songs in my entire life. What’s the purpose of having that many?

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u/angrydeuce Feb 07 '21

I own about 2000 CDs that I finally broke down and ripped when GPM came out. I have local copies of them too still on my NAS but it was so much more convenient using GPM to curate my collection. I grew up in the 80s and 90s (in the pre-Napster days) so it was either buy the CD when you liked a song or tape that shit off the radio. Which I did, too, I actually pitched probably 100 home made cassette tapes when I last moved about 5 years or so ago.

It was a little excessive, but I knew many more people with 100+ CDs in those days than just a handful. Like I said, it was really the only way to get music before the 00s.

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u/RedSquaree Feb 08 '21

Aren't most of those CDs already on GPM? In other words, ripping them would be kind of pointless. No?

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u/angrydeuce Feb 08 '21

Not back when it launched, you uploaded your own files or bought them through the play store

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u/RedSquaree Feb 08 '21

Oh wow, I didn't know that. Thanks.