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The best Spotify alternatives to ease your conscience
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I've been trying to tell all my friends who are self-hosting curious when they see my setup that the feeling of reconnecting with your library is worth all the work alone. It's like having your old iPod with YOUR library. Adding more to it, reassessing what's serving you or what can be trimmed, making sick playlists that mean something to you. It's all so intentional. Algorithmic music is incredible for discovery and that's about it.
This may be true for most but was not for me. I was on streaming services for two years and discovered maybe five new bands. I went back to my old process of discovery (reading magazines, reading online reviews) and discover many more every year.
Algorithms tend to pump you full of similar sounding artists. I'd rather be challenged as a listener and grow than be stuck in a same sounding culdesac.
Couldn't agree more! Although I always wish the barrier for entry to be lower for self-hosting.