Hi
I'd like to put some of my music on the web. Right now, I can think of 2 options:
- run my own webserver
- use mp3.com
Both have their problems.
I *could* run my own webserver, but then I'd have to manage it [still OK], but it's on the attbi.com network. This means it's address changes whenever they decide to renumber the network. And if I bought my own domain I'd need to update DNS, and they might start charging me a lot if a lot of people want to download my music [hey- it *could* happen ...], and so on.
mp3.com is pretty much as commercialized of a site as is out there- with required registration to download songs, cookie tracking, selling your email address to spammers, and probably lots of other stuff I don't even know about.
Any suggestions, comments, or meandering diatribes on this subject are welcome.
Hi, John Saylor hat gesagt: // John Saylor wrote:
mp3.com is pretty much as commercialized of a site as is out there- with required registration to download songs, cookie tracking, selling your email address to spammers, and probably lots of other stuff I don't even know about.
I have my own webserver now and think, that was the best decision I made webwise for a long time. On mp3.com I can only comment from a user/listeners' perspective and that's simple: mp3.com sucks big. You already listed all the reasons why.
In fact, my site footils.org is just a DNS redirect to the real webspace and thus the domain itself just costs 9,99 EUR a year. So if you can get cheap webspace somewhere else without the domain, you can save some money.
But all this probably depends a lot on the country you live in and on the traffic you expect.
ciao,
Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org__
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John Saylor