The Unpopular Opinions thread

[Alienfish]

Vinyl really needs to make a comeback imo. I don’t have a record player atm (I am planning on getting one in the distant future) but it’s a really great medium that does allow you to support your artists more directly.

My biggest gripes with Spotify is that they’ll literally spam you with 5-6 ads straight on and sometimes they’ll continue to spam you with ads even though it’s not past 30 minutes yet. They play all those ads and yet they can’t even pay artists a fair amount.

Yeah, I guess some new artists do vinyls these day and/or older multi-release but yeah it sucks a lot is digital cause "lol convenient future" arguments.

Yeah and also that they have the guts to charge for premium when they don't pay artists either like k

 

[Envy]

- The whole "PC master race" environment is a real turn off.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this.

The PC gaming community is toxic to the core. The "PC master race" 'joke' is more than a joke. They actually believe that, despite what they say. They'll derail every topic ever posted about "Favorite System" with "PC master race. The PC is objectively better in every single way. You don't even need consoles, because of emulators." I kid you not, every. single. time. And when you point out that this problematic attitude is prevalent in the PC community, people will just say "Well, that's only a small fraction of the PC community." I'm saying, it's not small enough. They derail every. single. topic.

The PC gaming community takes everything wrong with the console wars and multiplies it by a thousand.

 

[Alienfish]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this.

The PC gaming community is toxic to the core. The "PC master race" 'joke' is more than a joke. They actually believe that, despite what they say. They'll derail every topic ever posted about "Favorite System" with "PC master race. The PC is objectively better in every single way. You don't even need consoles, because of emulators." I kid you not, every. single. time. And when you point out that this problematic attitude is prevalent in the PC community, people will just say "Well, that's only a small fraction of the PC community." I'm saying, it's not small enough. They derail every. single. topic.

The PC gaming community takes everything wrong with the console wars and multiplies it by a thousand.

Yes and also those who takes prestige in listing all their computer components in signature like it'd be cool? Like I don't give a **** and it's not that they are listing it because they might work that stuff either.

 

[Corrie]

YES. I agree with this so much you don’t even know. I tried to get into PC gaming in the past and it was SUCH a huge waste of time, effort, and money. I have no idea why I spent so much time doing it, but I haven’t in awhile and I’m really glad I don’t anymore!

I agree. PC gamers always talk about how much better PC gaming is and how consoles suck blah blah. I got Steam to try it out and playing with a mouse and keyboard is so rough. I ended up buying a USB controller because I couldn't stand it.

I heavily prefer console/handheld gaming. The only games I have on Steam are visual novels or very simple indie games.

 

[CrestFallen]

Mareep will forever be better than wooloo and I will take no criticism. Wooloo is still cute though, mareep is just cuter

 

[Corrie]

Mareep will forever be better than wooloo and I will take no criticism. Wooloo is still cute though, mareep is just cuter

I prefer Flaaffy if we're being honest.

 

[Alienfish]

I prefer Flaaffy if we're being honest.

I like ampharos the best but yeah wooloo is very overrated.

 

[rianne]

Streaming subscription services for music and other forms of media reinforce capitalist systems where ownership of such media gives the “power” back to businesses instead of individuals.

 

[Alienfish]

Streaming subscription services for music and other forms of media reinforce capitalist systems where ownership of such media gives the “power” back to businesses instead of individuals.

yeah i hate the sub model in general unless it's for like, physical magazines/newspapers or stuff.

why i refuse to use spotify or other **** like it

 

[rianne]

yeah i hate the sub model in general unless it's for like, physical magazines/newspapers or stuff.

why i refuse to use spotify or other **** like it

Right on. (Although I am biased since I’m part of the other side of that and create content for magazines and newspapers lol.)

I genuinely cannot stand it when friends tell me to just use stuff like Spotify. I grew up owning VHS tapes, DVDs, game cartridges, CDs, etc. That tendency to want ownership of such things didn’t just go away because the streaming service business model is common/the current status quo.

 

[Alienfish]

Right on. (Although I am biased since I’m part of the other side of that and create content for magazines and newspapers lol.)

I genuinely cannot stand it when friends tell me to just use stuff like Spotify. I grew up owning VHS tapes, DVDs, game cartridges, CDs, etc. That tendency to want ownership of such things didn’t just go away because the streaming service business model is common/the current status quo.

Well, I'm glad you agree anyways

Yeah same, I collect vinyls, I have some CDs (though it's hard to find of the kinda music I like lol) and yeah I want to own my stuff. As I mentioned I'd rather support pirates who actually go out buy a vinyl ands rips it for people so they can directly download (from certain sites I can't mention but I never use torrents) rather than some billion dollar capitalist asshats.

 

[Corrie]

Well, I'm glad you agree anyways

Yeah same, I collect vinyls, I have some CDs (though it's hard to find of the kinda music I like lol) and yeah I want to own my stuff. As I mentioned I'd rather support pirates who actually go out buy a vinyl ands rips it for people so they can directly download (from certain sites I can't mention but I never use torrents) rather than some billion dollar capitalist asshats.

For sure! I hate when people get mad when I download Youtube MP3s. Someone had to have bought the music from somewhere at some point to be able to post it.

Not to mention, some artists actually upload their songs to Youtube (the actual song, not the music video with talking in it) so to me they clearly are okay with people downloading that song for free.

 

[Alienfish]

For sure! I hate when people get mad when I download Youtube MP3s. Someone had to have bought the music from somewhere at some point to be able to post it.

Not to mention, some artists actually upload their songs to Youtube (the actual song, not the music video with talking in it) so to me they clearly are okay with people downloading that song for free.

Yeah or when people think using a non-torrent file share site...like they realize Spotify is as bad lol? Kinda feel sorry for those in this generation not knowing cd/vinyls like others do.

Yeah exactly or they are doing like free/pwyw if you can stuff also.

 

[Corrie]

Yeah or when people think using a non-torrent file share site...like they realize Spotify is as bad lol? Kinda feel sorry for those in this generation not knowing cd/vinyls like others do.

Yeah exactly or they are doing like free/pwyw if you can stuff also.

What I'm curious about is how much money the artists get off Spotify anyway. People always talk about how it's "supporting" them. While I agree that obviously getting something for free isn't supporting them, how much are they REALLY getting from Spotify?

 

[Alienfish]

What I'm curious about is how much money the artists get off Spotify anyway. People always talk about how it's "supporting" them. While I agree that obviously getting something for free isn't supporting them, how much are they REALLY getting from Spotify?

Probably like, 1% or something equal **** sum of money. Honestly, I don't think it's supportive to basically allow multibillion companies own their music and that you only borrow it.

 

[Corrie]

Probably like, 1% or something equal **** sum of money. Honestly, I don't think it's supportive to basically allow multibillion companies own their music and that you only borrow it.

Definitely. I don't know why people think that makes them better. It really isn't that much better. The real way is to buy CDs, vinyls, etc.

 

[Alienfish]

Definitely. I don't know why people think that makes them better. It really isn't that much better. The real way is to buy CDs, vinyls, etc.

Nope, unless you buy something directly from the artist or their label digitally then it's another thing cause then those companies won't take 99% of that sum. But yeah I 100% agree physical copies is the real deal.

 

[eggie_]

i think when trying to support an artist digitally bandcamp is one of the best sites you can use. they’ve been doing this thing on the first friday of every month where ALL of the money from buying an album/song/ etc goes directly to the artist! so it’s been a great way to support indie artists and labels. i mean i really think it should be every friday, but this is waaayyy better than nothing!! link to how they usually pay artists.

and i totally agree with spotify. it’s great for discovering new music, but awful for supporting artists. i think artists only get like, fractions of a cent when someone streams their music. like every 3 streams of a song they get 1 cent lol. their stated payout range is .006 - .0084 cents per stream, and my guess is that this depends on how popular your music is. probably not great for indie artists.
napster is supposed to be pretty good though, apparently they pay artists the most out of any streaming service.

tl;dr - i agree that spotify is awful and services like napster and bandcamp are way better for supporting artists

 

[-Apples-]

And now for a REALLY unpopular opinion...

I didn’t enjoy Animal Crossing: New Horizons very much. It was worth it for terraforming and outdoor scenery placement, but not for a lack of buildings, lack of Gracie themes, or how items aren’t the same as they used to.

I also miss Nook Stores that open for longer hours.

 

[Alienfish]

And now for a REALLY unpopular opinion...

I didn’t enjoy Animal Crossing: New Horizons very much. It was worth it for terraforming and outdoor scenery placement, but not for a lack of buildings, lack of Gracie themes, or how items aren’t the same as they used to.

I also miss Nook Stores that open for longer hours.

I actually agree, also the fact that they had the guts to take $60 for a half-finished games just to basically "punish" TTers or whatevers