I tend to agree with you in that most people are too addicted to the convenience. But yeah, Balaquina does make a good point. After all, a commonly cited reason as for why the Fediverse won’t rival mainstream sites is that making an account is more complex. Even then, it’s just choosing an instance, which isn’t that hard, it’s just more complicated in comparison to, say, Reddit or Twitter. So following the same logic, it very well could backfire if Spotify raises the barrier of entry (or barrier of continuous entry, for those who already have accounts that they will have to verify).

I joined about half a year after the 3rd party apps died. Reddit’s decision back then still feels like it was more recent than just 2 years ago, though…

Can time stop speedrunning itself, please?

I think there’s a time and a place. If you make an anime where the point is horniness, then yeah, sure, go nuts. I’m probably less likely to watch it in that case, unless I hear praise for other aspects of it. Since it makes itself clear as ecchi from the get-go, I don’t mind. A lot of the times, however, it’s just a regular random show with random fanservice that serves no purpose. Looking at you, Fire Force! Specifically that one character.

(They might’ve toned it down in future seasons, but I wouldn’t know cause I didn’t keep up with it past the middle of Season 2 for other reasons, but yeah)

And they are indeed peak!

Both for this reason and others.

It is.