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Spotify increases its US subscription prices for the third time in 3 years

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Re: Spotify increases its US subscription prices for the third time in 3 years

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Post by andrewinardeer »

mouselett wrote: post #16

I have to be honest, I immediately decided to quit the service and subscribe to YouTube Premium as soon as I saw the news yesterday. I would've been fine if it was just the regular full-priced subscription offerings that were increasing in price, but to do it to the student plan as well? And for what, to cover the costs of Hulu? It's not like audiobooks are included with the student plan! Given that this latest price…

I'm with you in this yet the only disadvantage for me with YTP is lack of lossless.

Re: Spotify increases its US subscription prices for the third time in 3 years

#33

Post by chistev »

deejaaymac wrote: post #12
chistev wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you use?

I personally use jellyfin and supply the media myself, though there are much better ways to do it. Alternative: https://nuclearplayer.com/

I want to support the artists, though.

Re: Spotify increases its US subscription prices for the third time in 3 years

#34

Post by isaachinman »

andrewinardeer wrote: post #32
mouselett wrote: post #16

I have to be honest, I immediately decided to quit the service and subscribe to YouTube Premium as soon as I saw the news yesterday. I would've been fine if it was just the regular full-priced subscription offerings that were increasing in price, but to do it to the student plan as well? And for what, to cover the costs of Hulu? It's not like audiobooks are included with the student plan! Given that this latest price…

I'm with you in this yet the only disadvantage for me with YTP is lack of lossless.

As far as I know, Spotify still doesn't have lossless

Re: Spotify increases its US subscription prices for the third time in 3 years

#35

Post by atoav »

chistev wrote: post #33
deejaaymac wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I personally use jellyfin and supply the media myself, though there are much better ways to do it. Alternative: https://nuclearplayer.com/

I want to support the artists, though.

Then buy the record at bandcamp. My band made 10 times more in a month at bandcamp than in 4 years of spotify.

Re: Spotify increases its US subscription prices for the third time in 3 years

#36

Post by sbinder »

isaachinman wrote: post #34
andrewinardeer wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm with you in this yet the only disadvantage for me with YTP is lack of lossless.

As far as I know, Spotify still doesn't have lossless

They've added it as an option recently.

Re: Spotify increases its US subscription prices for the third time in 3 years

#37

Post by 999900000999 »

andrewinardeer wrote: post #32
mouselett wrote: post #16

I have to be honest, I immediately decided to quit the service and subscribe to YouTube Premium as soon as I saw the news yesterday. I would've been fine if it was just the regular full-priced subscription offerings that were increasing in price, but to do it to the student plan as well? And for what, to cover the costs of Hulu? It's not like audiobooks are included with the student plan! Given that this latest price…

I'm with you in this yet the only disadvantage for me with YTP is lack of lossless.

The issue is most people don't have a setup that will even care.

Bluetooth lowers audio quality, and very few people have DACs or even phones right 3.5 jacks.

I often imagine an alternate history where Apple kept the jack, maybe added a 4.4... audio quality would be so much higher now.

Think about all the audio engineers who don't even consider higher quality setups. All the bandwidth on earth don't matter if the original master isn't perfect.

Re: Spotify increases its US subscription prices for the third time in 3 years

#38

Post by jmux »

I’ve been wanting to get rid of Spotify for months as the service has been getting worse and worse and this might just be the straw that breaks the camels back.

Does anyone know of alternatives with 1) decent discovery for new music 2) preferably not self hosted 3) a functional Linux desktop app 4) allows downloading playlists for offline listening

getting all of these in one place and having them work well is why I’ve been stuck with Spotify for so long :/

Re: Spotify increases its US subscription prices for the third time in 3 years

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Post by _bypa »

jmux wrote: post #38

I’ve been wanting to get rid of Spotify for months as the service has been getting worse and worse and this might just be the straw that breaks the camels back. Does anyone know of alternatives with 1) decent discovery for new music 2) preferably not self hosted 3) a functional Linux desktop app 4) allows downloading playlists for offline listening getting all of these in one place and having them work well is why I’…

Not sure about Linux but Deezer is decent. You can even upload your MP3s and listen to them in any device with the same account.

Re: Spotify increases its US subscription prices for the third time in 3 years

#40

Post by dworks »

I am building tinytunes as a lightweight, in-browser music player for YouTube and local music, in large part because YouTube has a better library of music than Spotify, but a bad UI for a music player: https://dj.t-tunes.com/

A dedicated music player and music recommendations is coming later ; this is a combined DJ controller + music player that lets you import local tracks and youtube playlists

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