The only thing I appreciate about the Internet is discovering beautiful voices like Юлия Савичева, but then you realize the platform it’s all stuck on is a complete mess.
Her voice is stunning, but the fact that it’s trapped on sites like YouTube just reminds me how messed up the whole system is.
Sometimes I wonder how something so pure ends up on platforms designed to keep us hooked and distracted.
The good thing is that I can use yt-dlp to grab music videos and enjoy them with something truly free like MPV, no strings attached.
Here’s one of her songs I keep coming back to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWMb4SnJRBU
players on Android![The screencap displays MPV media player interface based on mPlayer Linux on a mobile device. At the top, there is a file information section with details about the media file, including its file number (93), title ("Good Bait"), size (8.645 MiB), format (ogg), and total cache (47.86 KiB). The display settings are shown, including the context (android), refresh rate (60 Hz), and frame timings. The resolution is listed as 1080 x 607 and 960 x 540, with a format of yuv444p. The audio details include the codec (Vorbis), audio output (audiotrack), device (Autoselect device), channels (2), format (floatp → float), sample rate (44100 Hz), and bitrate (191 kbps).
Below the file information, the media player interface shows the title "Good Bait" and the artist "Nina Simone / Little Girl Blue (1957)[FLAC]" with a progress bar indicating the current playback time (00:31) and total duration (05:29). The playback controls are visible, including a rewind button, play/pause button, fast-forward button, and a speed control set to 1.00X. The interface is predominantly black with white text, and the playback controls are in white and gray.
Ovis2-8B
🌱 Energy used: 0.333 Wh](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/520/681/529/794/288/original/13e207bbeb60e757.jpg "The screencap displays MPV media player interface based on mPlayer Linux on a mobile device. At the top, there is a file information section with details about the media file, including its file number (93), title (\"Good Bait\"), size (8.645 MiB), format (ogg), and total cache (47.86 KiB). The display settings are shown, including the context (android), refresh rate (60 Hz), and frame timings. The resolution is listed as 1080 x 607 and 960 x 540, with a format of yuv444p. The audio details include the codec (Vorbis), audio output (audiotrack), device (Autoselect device), channels (2), format (floatp → float), sample rate (44100 Hz), and bitrate (191 kbps).
Below the file information, the media player interface shows the title \"Good Bait\" and the artist \"Nina Simone / Little Girl Blue (1957)[FLAC]\" with a progress bar indicating the current playback time (00:31) and total duration (05:29). The playback controls are visible, including a rewind button, play/pause button, fast-forward button, and a speed control set to 1.00X. The interface is predominantly black with white text, and the playback controls are in white and gray.
Ovis2-8B
🌱 Energy used: 0.333 Wh")
