It's wild to me that Soulseek persists despite being entirely mediated by a single central server. I would have thought it would have gotten the takedown long ago.

Also the fact that it doesn't swarm, only does one to one peer sharing is kind of odd to me, but I guess it actually makes some sense in that it constrains the network to being more optimal for smaller files like music and so keeps video off of the platform for the most part.

Worth noting that the Soulseek Wikipedia page lists a bunch of clients you can use, including Seeker for Android and others for all platforms including Linux

[–] DarkSirrush@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

Yeah, there are a fair number of nice clients, slskd is just designed to fit into an existing automation flow, and can be accessed through a web browser (though of course you should always practice proper security and avoid exposing it to the web directly).

[–] AlexanderTheGreat@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Never heard of it before. I'll take a look. Thanks.

[–] Mondez@lemdro.id 1 points 1 day ago

If you are too young to have lived through the napster revolution it's very much a throwback to that kind of sharing so you get to experience p2p like it's the late 90s only with good network speeds. For an authentic experience limit your download to 56k.