>What’s happening?
Last.fm is now operating as an independent company following a change in ownership.

>Is Last.fm shutting down?
No. The service continues as normal.

>Is Last.fm being acquired by another company?
No. Last.fm is now operating independently.

>Is the team changing?
The team building and operating Last.fm remains in place.

>What does independence mean for users?
It means we can focus fully on building listening insights and community features for music fans. You’ll see continued, steady improvements over time.

>Is my account or listening history affected?
No. Your account, scrobbles, and listening history remain unchanged.

>Is my personal data safe?
Yes. Your data and privacy settings remain unchanged. There is no change to how your data is stored or protected as a result of this ownership change.

>Is Last.fm selling user data?
No. There is no change to our approach to data handling or privacy as part of this transition.

>Is my Pro subscription changing?
No. If you’re a Pro member, your subscription, billing, and benefits remain the same.

>Will pricing change?
There are no changes to pricing at this time.

>I build tools using the Last.fm API — should I be concerned?
No. API functionality continues as normal. We value the developer community and will continue supporting the ecosystem around Last.fm.

Spotify should buy them and they should bring user radios back

>>130464051
if it ever happens, i'm out for good

so who owns it now?

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So many ads all of sudden. Is this normal?

>>130464396
you don't even have to solve that test because you're not using an adblocker in 2026

>>130464405
lel

>>130463981
Does /mu listen to internet radio?

>>130463981
Honestly didn’t even know it still existed haven’t thought about it in a decade

Last.fm MUST endure.

They know what they have to bring back

>>130465004
the forum ?

lol why would CBS / Paramount have been interested in last fm in the first place?

>>130465623
Data gathering

>>130463981
ugh i wish that website would die already, i scrobbled some stupidly titled song that i had tagged with my own first/last name and now 20 something years later it still shows up when you google my name. and its way too far back to remember what my lastfm username or email associated to it was

Listenbrainz

>>130465717
so people can see what you listened to for a brief time 20 years ago, so what

>>130463981
i didn't even know they were owned by them lmao

>>130463981
Do zoomers even use this, or was it always a thing strictly used and beloved by millennials? I feel like zoomies only use spotify or other subscription-based music services.

>>130465004
the about me section with bbcode support so i can decorate my page with gifs and fun text and the giant band logo banner?

>>130464396
I just passed 60k scribbles myself took like three years

>>130464018
>No. There is no change to our approach to data handling or privacy as part of this transition.
But they were selling it anyway right?

>>130464396
>top track: madonna - deeper and deeper
gay test not necessary

>>130468925
To be fair, it's her best song.

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>>130463981
>Same service.
>Same team.
>New chapter.

>>130468928
maybe i'm just a pleb but i like ray of light.

>>130465579
YES

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>>130468969
yeah, the same dipshits that botched the redesign it 10 years ago. i'm still mad

>>130464405
adblockers are immoral and im really not going to risk eternity in hell over not wanting to see some harmless ads.

>>130465717
I drew my own stupid face with immaculate precision under a prompt on a drawing based telephone game website i used to frequent as a teenager. years later, when I asked the admins to remove that pic they just refused because it apparently went against the integrity of the game

>>130465717
You can get Google to put in a request to remove it from the search listening. I got some removed when some bass tabs I made on ultimate guitar got stolen and posted on some russian site

There is literally no reason to follow people on last.fm. If they were smart they would create a homepage timeline of what your friends are listening to. It's become such a useless website.

BRING REAL FRIEND REQUESTS BACK
BRING BACK NEIGHBORS
BRING BACK THE RADIO
GET RID OF COMMENT LIKES AND FOLLOWERS

I still use lastfm to find the most listening tracks from a band so I can get into the meat of things. Spotify only shows like 10 songs

>>130468613
Nobody uses Spotify anymore. The company only survives because AI magnates keep it afloat with donations in exchange for training various AI shit on there from botted up listener numbers (recent shit with Drake) to literal AI generated muzak.

>>130472925
desu ive stalked niqqas i follow to find a few of my top 15 albums oat

i got banned from lastfm for calling out a tranny's delusions. shit's a walking dinosaur anyways, its recommendations suck compared to spotify's lmao. hope it dies soon, only the faggiest of millenials and zoomers use it so fuck it

>>130469263
i know you are trolling rn but you are undoubtedly a stupid faggot

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>>130475694
>Nobody uses Spotify anymore.

>>130472925
it's useful with the "x and x others listen to this" on artist pages. I purposely follow both people who's taste I respect and people who's taste is complete shit, so seeing who listens to what and how much they've listened gives me a rough idea if an artist is even worth checking out. like if I see the k-pop stan I follow has a bunch of scrobbles for a certain artist, it's a red flag.
other than that, following is useless aside from manually stalking their profiles

>>130472925
I like following people with good taste, I find it fascinating what other people listen to and its good for basic recommendations for artists your newly getting into or if youre trying to go deeper into an artists discography

I tried getting into last.fm like 15 years ago, it made listening to music feel performative, I was thinking about my scrobbles as I listened to music, turned into some meta game thing you were always aware of.

So I quit it, I think after 6 months or so

>>130464051
Honestly, I think MUSE Group should buy them. They bought Hal Leonard, Ultimate Guitar, MuseScore & Audacity. This is a no brainer to weave all these powerful music projects into one giant envelope.

2023 article on them buying Hal Leonard which is a huge property in and of itself.

https://www.mu.se/posts/hal-leonard-combines-with-muse-group-faqs

>>130478609
No I hate Muse.

>>130478640
I don't actually know anything about them (haven't heard anything negative yet) but they obviously have money and are not fucking around so if they have money to spare, Lastfm is a ripe target.

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They will somehow implement AI, won't they? Also they're 100% restricting certain functionalities for the free users. They clarified everything here >>130464018 except for the free stuff

>>130480367
yesterday someone told them to not enforce ai and they replied with "we got you." on twitter

>>130478557
performative to who? just dont share you account with anyone. Ive been using it for 15 years and don't even think about it aside from checking out general listening habits every few months

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I miss when they actually had cool features

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if they brought back groups and started trending back towards the old design I would give them money again
I don't think for a second they will do either, but it would be cool

Last.fm is still around?

>>130478557
I felt like this a lot when i first started using it. i really wanted to impress others in lastfm threads and it effected what i listened to. The self consciousness lessened after a while though. And once the site started dying and i interacted with other people less, i didn't think about my profile anymore and scrobbling was just something that happened it the back ground.

>>130468928
Not the point, Madonna is for faggots

>>130478557
sounds silly, I've had last.fm for 13 years across 3 accounts
I love being able to look back in time and pull the exact kind of stuff I was listening to at some specific point without having to dig through memories

>>130463981
they'll kill it. it's not a profitable business model.

>>130465579
I remember the forums being top tier 2008-2011ish. I really don't understand where all of those people went. The internet is just completely dead now.

>>130483955
They could probably make enough money from subscriptions if they added features people actually want