Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK
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Buy and store your own music. HDTracks and 7Digital both sell high quality DRM free downloads, or you can just swing by your local Walmart or Dollar Store and grab some CDs to rip.
Or you could go sailing, that's always an option...
Libraries can have pretty good CD collections too
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what are "spotify fans"? Spotify paid 150k $ for Trump's inauguration party, f them. They do not deserve my money
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Fans of things that are provisioned by Spotify.
doesn't make them fans of spotify though
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I'm having a pretty good time with Qobuz. Their curated collections are actually really good and I've found a lot of new stuff in there; it's not the "here's what the record label is shoveling this week" like on Spotify. Also, the high bitrate stuff... I hate to admit it, but it really does sound better.
do they have a lot of german music too, or are they focused on american / french music?
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Thanks for recommending Navidrome. It looks really interesting.
I was using Spotify, but switched to Spotube. After Spotube was crippled, I was kind of aimless. I really liked having my music available on my cellphone and desktop. It looks like Navidrome will fill the gap perfectly.
You'd mentioned ripping CDs. Would you have some software, you'd recommend (Windows or Linux)? Preferably in FLAC.
I haven't looked at ripping software in a few years, but it was kind of tedious to set up and very manual to get the proper metadata, genres, and cover art. I've got a hundred CDs and that'll take awhile....
wrote last edited by [email protected]abcdefor Linux. It's in your repositories. Set it up once the way you want, then it's just: insert CD, enterabcde, repeat ad nauseam. You could even tell your system to auto-trigger it on every CD insert. -
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Considering how much Spotify pays artists per listens, piracy is barely any different in that regard.
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Go to shows, buy the albums from the merch tables and use the events (to the best of your individual ability) as a means to connect with like minded anti-fascists.
That is of course even better. Just wish any band I'm interested in would ever come to play this quiet corner *sigh*
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what's even the point of age gating "explicit" music?
"oh no! "Speak To Me" by Pink Floyd has the fuck word in it! can't let my kids hear it!"
I've been cursing a lot lately, and I blame what I listened to in Spotify. By no means was it because I was playing my pirated Eminem music all weekend
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Man, I had around 10 gigs of vintage mp3s that is created since the days of Limewire/Napster. Uploaded it all to Google Music and lost track of the external I'd had the collection stored on. Whatever, it's all in the cloud now.
Then it wasn't.
I really, Really, need to back up all of my Gdocs, just in case that service ceases to be.
(I wonder if ancient crunchy low bitrate mp3s will be an aesthetic, the way that dusty vinyl or worn out tapes are?)
I wonder if ancient crunchy low bitrate mp3s will be an aesthetic, the way that dusty vinyl or worn out tapes are?
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We live in a rural part of Canada that has been left behind by modern times. Mostly by the choice of the residents. I grew up during satanic panic. It was crazy here. My wife and I let our kids listen to anything they want. They always have. They're 10 and 12.
Their friends often comment about swear words and "sex, drugs and rock and roll" themes of the music they listen too. As an old man I get to regale them with stories of how crazy the Christians were over heavy metal and punk rock when I was a kid, including their grandma.
Now I yell "you're gonna go to hell!" As a joke to them every time their friends bring it up and I am around.
You're parenting the right way. Let our kids know about our past and how it compares to theirs, live it. And joking with my kids and their friends without immediately jumping to "that's bullying", you can tell my kids are a bit happier than the rest because everything is a joke to them. I applaud you.
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Man, I had around 10 gigs of vintage mp3s that is created since the days of Limewire/Napster. Uploaded it all to Google Music and lost track of the external I'd had the collection stored on. Whatever, it's all in the cloud now.
Then it wasn't.
I really, Really, need to back up all of my Gdocs, just in case that service ceases to be.
(I wonder if ancient crunchy low bitrate mp3s will be an aesthetic, the way that dusty vinyl or worn out tapes are?)
You might want to check music.youtube.com, I still have my (GMusic) uploaded collection available there, I cannot upload new, but what was there still is. Just mentioning it in case you are still looking for your music.
That said, yes, downloading (pirating or not) and setting a home music server seems to be the best option.
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Seriously, fuck Spotify and anyone else using that error-prone, intrusive, insecure bullshit.
Where is Spotify error prone? I dont use it that much, but I havent encountered a bug once.
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I mean... I'm already using Nicotine+ (Soulseek).
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Do you prefer to give your personal id to any site in the world instead of using the same app which you pay your taxes with?
The effect is still the same these companies are given access to my personal information because the government wants to monitor our activity online
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doesn't make them fans of spotify though
I guess that's why I didn't say that, or agree with that framing.
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Tidal is pretty good these days. Qobuz too
And Bandcamp
We switched to Deezer about a month ago and are liking it. Flow seems to find music I like way better than Spotify's DJ or "for you" playlists.
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Where is Spotify error prone? I dont use it that much, but I havent encountered a bug once.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I use it a lot, and have been for 10 years or so. I have never had any sort of error. It has simply always worked exactly like it's supposed to.
I don't know anything about it being intrusive or insecure, and definately need a source on that, but it's possible those criticisms are valid, but again, need a damn source. As is, the person you commented on has lost all cridibilty, so I'm inclined to err on the side of caution, and assume they don't know what they're talking about.
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Considering how much Spotify pays artists per listens, piracy is barely any different in that regard.
This is the most upsetting part. If you're a solo artist without a label, you need what's essentially a million listens to break minimum wage. For bands, and anyone with a label, even that's practically out of question. This shit is why everyone sells 75$ t-shirts at shows
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You might want to check music.youtube.com, I still have my (GMusic) uploaded collection available there, I cannot upload new, but what was there still is. Just mentioning it in case you are still looking for your music.
That said, yes, downloading (pirating or not) and setting a home music server seems to be the best option.
It's not necessarily your music though, it's the closest that they found in their library sometimes. I have tons of tracks that I uploaded the explicit copy of to gmusic but my library downloads only had the censored/radio version.
Found that out the hard way after a drive crash a few years back. Have spent a bit of time reacquiring the stuff I cared about.
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I'd love something nicely automated
