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Post by Cthulhu_ »

nextlevelwizard wrote: post #161
spondyl wrote: post #131

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Anecdotally speaking, Spotify has become a sort of cultural default for a bunch of people. If you're in a DM or a group chat, you may not hear "You should listen to X by Y" but rather "Check this out: https://open.spotify.com/blah " At my current workplace and a previous one, both had Slack channels for sharing music and they were 99% Spotify links. Partly because of genuine Spotify usage but even not using Spotify a…

Do the spotify links not just open the song in some kind of web app if you dont have spotify installed? I always thought giving a straight link to the thing was better for all. If they had Spotify it would open there and without ads if they had the subscription and if they had neither it would still open the web app and let them listen to it with ads and stuff.

Yeah, the generated preview (depending on what application the link is shared in) can play a 30 second sample, but if you want to listen to the whole song you need to have an account, and if you don't have a subscription you'll likely get an ad first.

It's why I often share a youtube link instead, it plays inline a lot of the time and when it plays inline it often doesn't have ads. But that may also be because I have an effective ad blocker (for now).

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Post by atoav »

gertlex wrote: post #126

This is a bit off-topic, but: am I just dim or could the README be a bit more informative? What it's for, who it's for, etc. (I'll give partial blame to me or github for the About section/link being there... it's offscreen by the start of the README, so I missed it) (I also... don't use spotify... so had less-than-average context to guess the purpose of this project with.)

Yeah, but as I musician they pay you next to nothing unless you're already on top anyways. I know touring musicians who can comfortably live from their physical record/merch sales who say they can basically ignore their spotify revenue since they earn more with their merch sales on one concert than they earn during a whole year of running on spotify.

So if you care about your musicians consider seeking out other ways to get your records, e.g. bandcamp

Re: I Don't Have Spotify

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Post by [deleted] »

rumori wrote: post #169
wintermutestwin wrote: post #136

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Apple Music = few users?? From what I could tell when choosing AM over Spotify, the latter has a lot of playlists for discovery and I would never use my streaming service for discovery as it encourages the service to promote music it is paid to promote. Of course AM is annoying too because 3 out of 5 navigation icons along the bottom of the UI are for discovery. But AM has Siri integration, which works some of the ti…

I used to use Apple Music but when my Credit Card expired I missed two months payment and Apple happily deleted all of my playlists and library. I don’t think they realise how bad this is, but I will never use it or subscribe ever again.

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Post by sam29681749 »

jonhohle wrote: post #20
cdrini wrote: post #10

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I've been doing this, and here in Canada https://ca.7digital.com/ is literally the only option I've found that let's you buy normal MP3s, would highly recommend. I've been able to get modern albums without a hitch, but don't know about modern singles. I think in the US Amazon let's you buy MP3s, but not sure there. For the price of a Spotify subscription, I can usually buy a new album every month! Which is great; and…

While it’s more of a treasure hunt, I really enjoy browsing for and buying physical CDs, especially second hand. Albums are often $1, they sound as good as when they were released and they’re easily convertible to any other audio format, including lossless, 16-bit, 44.1khz formats. The only thing better is SACD, but finding that is like a diamond in the rough and ripping it is its own challenge unless you have the ri…

CDs are smaller, cheaper, sound great, and have longer playtime. I think they're the superior medium. I get people prefer the sound of vinyl, though.

Re: I Don't Have Spotify

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Post by hatsix »

jamesponddotco wrote: post #40
askonomm wrote: 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?

Personally, I have a TIDAL subscription, download everything I like from there, and then store everything on a Plex server. While not legal, having the subscription fix any moral problems I’d have with the idea.

The subscription pays tidal, but tidal only pays out based on usage... The artist gets about $0.01 per stream.

The best way to support artists is to purchase albums the week they're released... Sales numbers are a key metric when labels decide touring and investment in the next album... Could mean a better studio or more resources...

If you are committed to the download off of tidal strategy, then please make a playlist of the tracks you download and play it overnight... Otherwise, none of your money supports the artists you listen to.

Re: I Don't Have Spotify

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Post by Parae »

Syonyk wrote: post #91
orblivion wrote: post #84

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I Don't Have Spotify should add Bandcamp support. Bandcamp is great for just playing the music too.

It's not. Artists will often enough remove old albums so you can no longer play them. Buy it, download as FLAC, put in your preferred local infrastructure to play. Plex/Plexamp works well, as does local file storage and a good command line music client if you're less GUI-friendly or don't have the resources for running them.

Artists can also remove old albums from Spotify. At least with Bandcamp you can buy the music and download the files - if you want to.

And you can even send a mail to the artist to ask them why they removed old albums and if they can provide you a copy.

Re: I Don't Have Spotify

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Post by CalRobert »

imperialdrive wrote: post #90
grahamj wrote: post #66

This is great, thanks! I left Spotify when they signed Rogan.

I don't follow. Is he anti music or something? Afaik he's on Apple, Amazon, and Youtube as well. Do you not use anything related to him? I'm honestly curious for some reason.

Personally, I don't like the idea of my money supporting people who oppose vaccination, among other things.

Re: I Don't Have Spotify

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Post by bayareacommie »

toastercat wrote: post #79
askonomm wrote: 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?

The most sustainable way to "buy" music IMO, is to pirate it, and then buy merch from the artist as support. Or just buy off Bandcamp if its an option.

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Re: I Don't Have Spotify

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Post by freetonik »

saagarjha wrote: post #179
freetonik wrote: post #149

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Apple Music has been utterly awful on desktop for years, with virtually zero positive progress. I made this angry video [1] 4 years ago, and have tried using Apple Music multiple times since then, and it never failed to disappoint. 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE8ZikfrpFU

Oh my god you made this video? I have sent it to so many people to explain my feelings for it. Thank you so much for saying what I wanted to but so much better!

You're welcome. I made that channel with the intention of making more videos about other apps and products, but so far could only muster Apple Music :)
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