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Re: I Don't Have Spotify

#41

It would be fantastic if this site were a pwa that supported the chrome api [1] that lets you share directly to it on android. I would make a pr but my company owns all my ip and getting an exception takes months :( 1: https://chodounsky.com/2019/03/24/progressive-web-applicatio...

WTF I've never heard of this. I hope you're getting compensated well.

Re: I Don't Have Spotify

#42
post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

iTunes and Amazon have pretty much every song you'd want to buy. Nope. Not even remotely. Only if your taste in music is very narrow. Just this weekend I tried to buy some Christmas songs that were popular and common on the radio in the 80's. I could only find about half of them on Amazon or Apple Music. Most had some version available, but not the canonical one I grew up with. Some didn't exist at all.

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> were popular and common on the radio in the 80's

You're grossly mischaracterizing this.

> recorded a track in their garage in 1977 and sold a few cassettes to their friends

Re: I Don't Have Spotify

#43

It would be fantastic if this site were a pwa that supported the chrome api [1] that lets you share directly to it on android. I would make a pr but my company owns all my ip and getting an exception takes months :( 1: https://chodounsky.com/2019/03/24/progressive-web-applicatio...

... don't do it at work?

If your company owns your free time as well, you've fucked up and should talk to HR.

Re: I Don't Have Spotify

#44

It would be fantastic if this site were a pwa that supported the chrome api [1] that lets you share directly to it on android. I would make a pr but my company owns all my ip and getting an exception takes months :( 1: https://chodounsky.com/2019/03/24/progressive-web-applicatio...

They probably don't, especially if you're in California. Employers love to intimidate with unenforceable terms in contracts.

Re: I Don't Have Spotify

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post #8

I'd love to actually buy music and store it myself, as I've started noticing more and more that some of the songs I have on Spotify have started to disappear, but I find it very difficult to buy modern music anymore. Most gets released as singles, and as far as I know, to only streaming platforms. Is there a way to still buy the same kind of music that is on streaming platforms, and actually get the audio files?

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Re: I Don't Have Spotify

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post #14
post #8

I'd love to actually buy music and store it myself, as I've started noticing more and more that some of the songs I have on Spotify have started to disappear, but I find it very difficult to buy modern music anymore. Most gets released as singles, and as far as I know, to only streaming platforms. Is there a way to still buy the same kind of music that is on streaming platforms, and actually get the audio files?

Amazon music still sells the mp3 downloads, though they definitely nudge you away from them as much as they can.

This is a great way to use those digital rewards Amazon gives if you delay/combine shipping if you haven't dropped Amazon yet.
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