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  • J [email protected]

    You guys are paying for Spotify?

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    Firefox & ublock and there are no publicities.

    My 'ol android apk doesn't work any more thoug... and can't find a new one (Hint hint, blink blink)

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    • 3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com3 [email protected]

      I have got to admit I canned Spotify subs years ago - but how are they managing to grow their subscriber base whn it is now going to be £11.99 in the UK? That is way, way too high for what it offers...

      https://www.gbnews.com/tech/spotify-price-rise

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      Ditched Spotify and bought myself a galleon and a tricorner hat instead. Haven't looked back.

      Lidarr + Navidrome + Feishin + Metube

      Mullvad for acquiring, TailScale and Symfonium for listening while away from home

      This sounds like a lot of setup but probably took a few hours in total to set up the various docker images and get them working together.

      I spend my saved money on vinyls, official merch, and SoundCloud or BandCamp purchases for my local library.

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      • 3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com3 [email protected]

        I have got to admit I canned Spotify subs years ago - but how are they managing to grow their subscriber base whn it is now going to be £11.99 in the UK? That is way, way too high for what it offers...

        https://www.gbnews.com/tech/spotify-price-rise

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        Is there any music on spotify that isn't also on youtube? Youtube has practically everything, it has always seemed to me. I've never been tempted by spotify.

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        • dan@upvote.auD [email protected]

          The problem is there's some 90s albums I can't find anywhere - not on Discogs, not on eBay, not on Marketplace. The record labels are usually long gone. But they're on Soulseek. I'm not sure what else to do to get them.

          There's also things like DJ sets/mixes that were never sold, only ever distributed online for free.

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          And that Judas priest CD in the cellar somewhere, sometimes you have paid the artist already so soulseek comes in handy.

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          • S [email protected]

            Is there any music on spotify that isn't also on youtube? Youtube has practically everything, it has always seemed to me. I've never been tempted by spotify.

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            The 128 bitrate on YouTube is quite the drag IMO except for like carmusic maybe.

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            • dan@upvote.auD [email protected]

              The problem is there's some 90s albums I can't find anywhere - not on Discogs, not on eBay, not on Marketplace. The record labels are usually long gone. But they're on Soulseek. I'm not sure what else to do to get them.

              There's also things like DJ sets/mixes that were never sold, only ever distributed online for free.

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              Of course... not quite my point but yours is valid. I'd just like a more ethical alternative which I know is asking far too much in 2025

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              • V [email protected]

                And that Judas priest CD in the cellar somewhere, sometimes you have paid the artist already so soulseek comes in handy.

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                Of course... I mean you don't want them coming around your place to see you do you (Judas Priest that is)

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                  The 128 bitrate on YouTube is quite the drag IMO except for like carmusic maybe.

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                  This and the fact that Youtube are just as much robbing gits... like I have said, I don't want to sound mean but generally I'd like the artists to get paid for their work somehow. Now how to do that is the hard bit

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                  • 3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com3 [email protected]

                    Of course... I mean you don't want them coming around your place to see you do you (Judas Priest that is)

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                    I wouldn't mind them coming by 😁 !

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                      I wouldn't mind them coming by 😁 !

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                      There is always someone lol. I could imagine it would be an epic party

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                      • V [email protected]

                        Firefox & ublock and there are no publicities.

                        My 'ol android apk doesn't work any more thoug... and can't find a new one (Hint hint, blink blink)

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                        #36

                        Same with pi-hole.

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                        • 3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com3 [email protected]

                          I have got to admit I canned Spotify subs years ago - but how are they managing to grow their subscriber base whn it is now going to be £11.99 in the UK? That is way, way too high for what it offers...

                          https://www.gbnews.com/tech/spotify-price-rise

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                          I'm paying £20/m for a lossless family plan from Deezer... That's how they get you 😭. Now I'd have to apologize to my family members if I took away their subscription. Used to be around £17 when I started a few years back.

                          I do not recommend getting a family plan.

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                          • 3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com3 [email protected]

                            I have got to admit I canned Spotify subs years ago - but how are they managing to grow their subscriber base whn it is now going to be £11.99 in the UK? That is way, way too high for what it offers...

                            https://www.gbnews.com/tech/spotify-price-rise

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                            Man, music is one of those things where file sizes, quality and performance all conspire to make both offline media and self-hosting so viable. I never understood Spotify's role.

                            I mean, you can like physical media and understand why Netflix was more convenient than digging through enormous TV DVD boxsets. But who the hell didn't have a MP3 dump of hudreds of CDs by the time Spotify started being a thing?

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                            • killeronthecorner@lemmy.worldK [email protected]

                              Ditched Spotify and bought myself a galleon and a tricorner hat instead. Haven't looked back.

                              Lidarr + Navidrome + Feishin + Metube

                              Mullvad for acquiring, TailScale and Symfonium for listening while away from home

                              This sounds like a lot of setup but probably took a few hours in total to set up the various docker images and get them working together.

                              I spend my saved money on vinyls, official merch, and SoundCloud or BandCamp purchases for my local library.

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                              A few hours, when you know what you're doing. A few month when you have to figure it out, and maybe even then, it won't work, or you'll have lost a lot of money trying.

                              This should be a lot easier to do, than it is

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                              • 3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com3 [email protected]

                                I have got to admit I canned Spotify subs years ago - but how are they managing to grow their subscriber base whn it is now going to be £11.99 in the UK? That is way, way too high for what it offers...

                                https://www.gbnews.com/tech/spotify-price-rise

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                                Lazy doormat Spotify users: "Okay... but this is the LAST, LAST, LAST TIME FOR REAL. Do it again and there'll be a hashtag and a series of Tiktok memes!"

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                                • mudman@fedia.ioM [email protected]

                                  Man, music is one of those things where file sizes, quality and performance all conspire to make both offline media and self-hosting so viable. I never understood Spotify's role.

                                  I mean, you can like physical media and understand why Netflix was more convenient than digging through enormous TV DVD boxsets. But who the hell didn't have a MP3 dump of hudreds of CDs by the time Spotify started being a thing?

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                                  I actually know plenty who still hold onto them...

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                                    I was like 9 when Spotify was incorporated

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                                      I was like 9 when Spotify was incorporated

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                                      Your parents failed you by not having an MP3 dump of hundreds of CDs to give to you.

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                                        That is fascinating to me as well:

                                        Movies > Big filesizes > many public trackers and seeders

                                        Music > smaller and easier to store/play > less public trackers, only slsk is really viable

                                        Books > even smaller > there are some websites like anna and a lot of small ones

                                        But then:
                                        Sheet music > even smaller files > almost impossible to pirate

                                        It is fascinating to me that there isnt one clear spectum along filesize.

                                        I guess it has to do with the target audience and demand.

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                                        • 3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com3 [email protected]

                                          I have got to admit I canned Spotify subs years ago - but how are they managing to grow their subscriber base whn it is now going to be £11.99 in the UK? That is way, way too high for what it offers...

                                          https://www.gbnews.com/tech/spotify-price-rise

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                                          It's cheaper if you have 5 friends and take the family plan. I'm paying ~€2 a month for the last couple of years.

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