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[โ€“] SpruceBringsteen 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I still reminisce about my Oink ratio. Seeded Rosetta Stone on a university connection. Access to the school's radio station's library.

Probably the closest I'll come to generational wealth, my grandchildren could have leeched music on my account and I'd still be positive.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

What used to have staff picks where the download amount wouldn't count negatively towards your ratio, but the upload amount would. When the Beatles remasters came out in 2008 or 2009, they put the entire collection on there, including the FLAC version. It was like 9+ gb I think, all of which was free in terms download amount. All it took was uploading for a few hours and I got my ratio into double digits. Basically made it so I never had to worry about it ever again.