Helping SO move away from Spotify (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Sorry, I couldnt find a specific enough instance for this so here goes:

What have you guys been using instead of spotify? For me, I haven't had it for years and have been using bandcamp, the archive, and just youtube with ublock among a few others, as well as my large home music collection.

My SO has had a spotify/Hulu bundle for a long time (which we hardly even use, Hulu and all streaming is shit now) and they of course want to raise the price. I said now is the time to drop that shit and have 0 streaming.

I have always hated Spotify for their shitty practices, and now they want to start shoving garbage ai music in our faces. Hell no. All SO cares about is their playlist, which i can export, and they do like the discover stuff but its not totally necessary (imo, not a fan of these algorithms controlling what we listen to but whatever).

Are Tidal and Quobuz really the only choice? I do "self host" but they would want more than whats in our music collection. Plus hdds are fucking spendy now. Man I miss the old days of cheap hardware.

The other caveat: it really has to run on their spyware locked down win 11 laptop for work (we are forced to use it). Work will block any site that seems scary. Or potentially their phone, but they have their computer hooked to their office speakers and prefer listening that way.

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[-] med@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

Not ideal for the PC but I can offer a solid phone solution.

ArchiveTune has all the power of YouTube music, none of the ads or subscriptions.

Not sure how you're going to import that playlist, but it can sync playlists from YouTube, which might work for you.

And if all they care about is their playlist, playlists can be downloaded, so even if it breaks later, you'd still have it.

[-] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

Thanks !! Also been using metrolist lately too

[-] med@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

Looks sweet! Will check it out myself!

Sorry for the necrobump, I don't know why my client keeps showing my stuff from 4/5 months ago.

Maybe some sort of ban or defederation shenanigans going on~

[-] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

No problem nothing wrong with old posts imo

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