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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Look at Qobuz. It's French-owned, and the owner does not seem to be publicly traded. Those two should decrease the likelihood of explosive enshittification. Plus they're a small player.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wish there could be some legal guarantee that they will not go publicly traded – otherwise it's a ticking timebomb. It would give a certain demographic of customers more confidence in the service.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

No guarantee. Existing publicly traded bombs have less time left on their timers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Depends, they might be running without any profit on VC money and hoping to be acquired but run out before they do.