@AccidentalLemming@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoWhite noise podcasts are costing Spotify $38m per year, and record labels are not happy about itwww.bloomberg.comexternal-linkmessage-square304arrow-up1967cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up1967external-linkWhite noise podcasts are costing Spotify $38m per year, and record labels are not happy about itwww.bloomberg.com@AccidentalLemming@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square304cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
minus-square@Cabrio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish35•2 years agoNot just that but due to the randomness of white noise data it can’t be compressed, so the bandwidth is much higher just because of that factor alone. Think 30mb for a white noise file the same length as a 3mb song.
minus-square@db2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish9•2 years agoI find this hard to believe. True white noise maybe, but it doesn’t need to be that for this use case.
Not just that but due to the randomness of white noise data it can’t be compressed, so the bandwidth is much higher just because of that factor alone. Think 30mb for a white noise file the same length as a 3mb song.
I find this hard to believe. True white noise maybe, but it doesn’t need to be that for this use case.
Okay.
This is the real reason