On the subject of hosted solutions: you're totally right that it's a double-edged sword. Something I don't think is talked about much in that regard is the entire system's dependence on the Podcast Index as a centralized database of feeds. Not to say what they've done there isn't awesome -- it is. But I think it's important we recognize that is a single point of failure right now
Yeah, I'll think about it. But I realize I'm a special case ð
I could imagine a website where you find the wavlake track you want, you enter the time, and it spits out the snippets for you to copy.
You could call it mixtape builder ð
Doesn't need a full Gameboy interface either ðĪŠ
Here's full documented headache:
https://www.bitpunk.fm/@bitpunkfm_unwound/episodes/valuetimesplits
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Yeah absolutely. Discovery and curation still work better from a centralized source most of the time.
And I get people want to do just upload and move on. That's honestly awesome, that's a service worth paying for.
I'm just trying to keep the weirdo level high ð