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

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/napster-to-become-a-music-marketing-metaverse-firm-after-207m-acquisition/

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Telorand@reddthat.com · 104 pts · 1y (14 replies)

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

taladar@sh.itjust.works · 29 pts · 1y (2 replies)

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.

peteyestee@feddit.org · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I like vr. 😿

kureta@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1y

There are dozens of you! Dozens!

HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today · -18 pts · 1y (10 replies)

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

AarynBlack@lemm.ee · 15 pts · 1y (2 replies)
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HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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.

sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y

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

Sibshops@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 1y

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

satans_methpipe@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (3 replies)

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

HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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.

satans_methpipe@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Lol carry on I guess.

MBech@feddit.dk · 2 pts · 1y

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

biokernel@discuss.tchncs.de · 0 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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! 🤨

HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today · 1 pts · 1y

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

return2ozma@lemmy.world · 61 pts · 1y

mooncake@lemm.ee · 46 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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

Dave@lemmy.nz · 11 pts · 1y

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

lupusblackfur@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Napster... Sorry, who??

They're still around??

🤷‍♂️

mostlikelyaperson@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y

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.

ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com · 25 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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

wirebeads@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 1y

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

watson387@sopuli.xyz · 20 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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

Exec@pawb.social · 10 pts · 1y

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

fork_hero@lemm.ee · 20 pts · 1y (2 replies)

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?"

Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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

mostlikelyaperson@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y

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

Maiq@lemy.lol · 18 pts · 1y

Obligatory, FUCK YOU Lars Ulrich!

Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y

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.

kambusha@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 1y
Geodad@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 1y
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cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 1y

maybe lars ulrich was right after all

_cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 1y
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