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Napster to become a music-marketing metaverse firm after $207M acquisition

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Napster to become a music-marketing metaverse firm after $207M acquisition

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Napster to become a music-marketing metaverse firm after being sold for $207M
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Napster will promote music in “branded 3D virtual spaces,” soon-to-be owner says.
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  • Alphane Moon
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    12•2 months ago

    I doubt anyone will use this except for crypto bagholders who have no interest in music (or anything really) and are just looking to dumb their bags the next mark.

  • @[email protected]
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    8•2 months ago

    You were supposed to deatroy the Sith, not join them!

  • @[email protected]
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    20•2 months ago

    Only for the Metaverse? Ha! Guess I won’t be using Napster.

    • @[email protected]
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      10•2 months ago

      Yeah, next year they’ll go after NFTs then a year after that they’ll all in for AI.

  • Monkey With A Shell
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    25•2 months ago

    It’s impressive and somewhat concerning what people will pay for a name. Historic as it is Napster died long long ago

    • @[email protected]
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      19•2 months ago

      I’ll go fire up limewire now. Be right back.

  • @[email protected]
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    104•2 months ago

    FFS, stop trying to make the Metaverse happen. Nobody wants it.

    • @[email protected]
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      31•2 months ago

      Those who want it have been using it for 20 years already with Second Life. Oddly enough, none of these new metaverse makers take any lessons learned from that but I guess then they would have to admit that VR is crap that nobody needs for immersion.

      • @[email protected]
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        4•2 months ago

        I like vr. 😿

        • @[email protected]
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          5•2 months ago

          There are dozens of you! Dozens!

    • @[email protected]
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      Hey fuck you man. Alright? Let us have our shitty things without the guilt. /s

      Edit: added “/s” at 15 downvotes. Let’s see if we can turn these numbers around. /s

      • @[email protected]
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        10•2 months ago

        No shame in liking what you like. Roblox is a metaverse and lots of people play on that.

      • biokernel
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        1•2 months ago

        Edit: added “/s” at 15 downvotes. Let’s see if we can turn these numbers around. /s

        You didn’t self censor your obvious humor??? You’re on social media! 🤨

        • @[email protected]
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          1•2 months ago

          The rules on the Fediverse are different I thought? No?

      • @[email protected]
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        4•2 months ago

        Just a heads up: internet points don’t matter at all. They have no bearing on real actual life. You can relax.

        • @[email protected]
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          1•2 months ago

          Then how the fuck else am I supposed to feel superior?

        • @[email protected]
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          6•2 months ago

          Mr. Satans Methpipe sir, with all due devil respect, but you have no idea what I’m doing with these points in the metaverse, where they mean a lot. But thanks for the devilish concern.

          • @[email protected]
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            2•2 months ago

            Lol carry on I guess.

      • @[email protected]
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        15•2 months ago

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        • @[email protected]
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          3•2 months ago

          Looks like I forgot the /s but yeah, there’s some really shitty stuff on the metaverse but I believe it’s got a future once some things are sorted out. Like the Fediverse.

          • @[email protected]
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            5•2 months ago

            The mediverse is a thing now? Like people log onto it? I thought it was just a failed concept.

  • @[email protected]OP
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    62•2 months ago

  • @[email protected]
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    20•2 months ago

    Mm. Nah. I’m just confused who this is supposed to be for: people who used Napster for free music or people who say “what’s a Napster?”

    • @[email protected]
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      14•2 months ago

      TIL Napster still exist. I thought it got shut down in the early 2000’s?

      • @[email protected]
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        8•2 months ago

        It did, but the branding got sold a few times and is now in the hands of some crypto company.

  • _cryptagion [he/him]
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    6•2 months ago

    How the mighty have fallen.

  • @[email protected]
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    Beer good. Napster bad.

  • @[email protected]
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    18•2 months ago

    Obligatory, FUCK YOU Lars Ulrich!

  • katy ✨
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    7•2 months ago

    maybe lars ulrich was right after all

  • LupusBlackfur
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    39•2 months ago

    Napster… Sorry, who??

    They’re still around??

    🤷‍♂️

    • @[email protected]
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      9•2 months ago

      They aren’t really, some crypto bros just bought the name and stuck it to this pile of horseshit, presumably in the hopes of making some money off of idiots.

  • @[email protected]
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    47•2 months ago

    Lol I remember Napster for downloading music damn I’m old.

    • @[email protected]
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      11•2 months ago

      Holy hell, Napster is a (legal) subscription music streaming service! Crazy times we live in.

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