Spotify to raise prices in September

[valmond@lemmy.world]

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)

[killeronthecorner@lemmy.world]

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.

[solrize@lemmy.ml]

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.

[valmond@lemmy.world]

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

[valmond@lemmy.world]

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

[3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com]

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

[3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com]

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

[3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com]

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

[valmond@lemmy.world]

I wouldn't mind them coming by !

[3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com]

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

[jumpywombat@lemmy.ml]

Same with pi-hole.

[armand1@lemmy.world]

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.

[mudman@fedia.io]

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?

[cosmicrookie@lemmy.world]

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

[mycodesucks@lemmy.world]

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!"

[3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com]

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

[lodemike@lemmy.today]

I was like 9 when Spotify was incorporated

[snotflickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

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

[freeman@feddit.org]

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.

[fedditor385@lemmy.world]

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.