There are some problems like this that I’ve ended up solving with a scrolling capture screenshot (ShareX on Windows) and the first fitting google result for an OCR service.
FreeYourMusic lets users migrate their playlists off Spotify
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Re: FreeYourMusic lets users migrate their playlists off Spotify
#12I have been looking to move away from Spotify for a while now due to their lacklustre support for iOS devices. Is there a good comparison between Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Prime Music somewhere, especially in terms of their coverage?
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#13Funnily, they recommend Spotify as the best music streaming platform here:
https://freeyourmusic.com/en/blog/best-music-streaming-platf...
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#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yup. in a usable and machine processable format.
Spotify can argue that they allow it per user request and they do have control over their public API. And they exercise their option to block unwanted services to use their API. Shitty, but theoretically legal.
The service in question from OP is not using Spotify's API so no license applied. It sounds like they're automating/scraping, which in the US at least, was just ruled legal.[1] Of course, that puts scraper and scrapee into a leapfrog contest.
As OP points out, the best defense against customers leaving is to actually listen to them and please them. In this area, while Spotify might have a giant catalog, they are blatantly tormenting users by removing obvious, simple, features demanded by the thousands of votes on their forum.
1. https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2019/09/10/linke...
Re: FreeYourMusic lets users migrate their playlists off Spotify
#15I have been looking to move away from Spotify for a while now due to their lacklustre support for iOS devices. Is there a good comparison between Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Prime Music somewhere, especially in terms of their coverage?
Are there any big differences between iOS and Android versions?
Re: FreeYourMusic lets users migrate their playlists off Spotify
#16It would probably be easy to write a bookmarklet that extracts your music into csv.
Then you can save it and upload it to wherever you like.
You probably would have to write a second little script to convert the csv into the format of the service you want to upload it to.
Re: FreeYourMusic lets users migrate their playlists off Spotify
#17I have been looking to move away from Spotify for a while now due to their lacklustre support for iOS devices. Is there a good comparison between Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Prime Music somewhere, especially in terms of their coverage?
Are there any big differences between iOS and Android versions?
Well, for starters, they do not support Apple Watch, which is very problematic for me.
Re: FreeYourMusic lets users migrate their playlists off Spotify
#18Need this for Google play/youtube music.
Worst case I use OCR/mechanical turks in the future because I took screenshots.
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#19I haven't studied the fine print on this service, but I wonder about the (high?) value of knowing a person's music tastes in this level of detail. I have hundreds of playlists on spotify, and I bet you can state a lot of things about me by knowing what music I like.
Re: FreeYourMusic lets users migrate their playlists off Spotify
#20I have been looking to move away from Spotify for a while now due to their lacklustre support for iOS devices. Is there a good comparison between Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Prime Music somewhere, especially in terms of their coverage?
What's lackluster about Spotify on iOS? I use Spotify on my iPad, my Android phone, and my Windows desktop and they all work pretty well.
> especially in terms of their coverage?
If you are a typical user with typical tastes, they are all more or less the same. If there's something in particular you want - like lossless compression or being able to upload your own music or Grateful Dead concerts - mention it and people may be able to guide you better.
You've mentioned the big three services, but you might want to also consider Google/YouTube Music, Pandora, Deezer, and Tidal and I'm sure there are more.