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I much prefer to download music as flac and keep them local but i have 2 issues.
Finding new musis is hard because i am rarely exposed to it.
Music i like tends to be more obscure and harder to find a flac download for.
Ive started to use Spotify this year for those reasons but i hate it. I would love an alternative.
Take a look at Musicroamer
you type in a favorite artist and it uses the spotify recommendation stuff to find similar artists
if you find one that sounds nice then you can then create a branch of artist that are similar to them
(probably a horrible explanation, just mess about with it for a minute and you'll get an idea how it works)
I've personally used it to find quite a few new favorites since ditching Spotify in favor of a self hosted Navidrome server
as for FLAC downloads check out Qobuz, which has unlimited DL plans
alternatively if you would rather sail the seas, search up Firehawk52 for a guide
Spotify is pretty much the only quality tool to learn about new music which fits your taste. Google services tend to disappear after a while, like Google Music did, and the only other option is Apple Music I guess, but I've never used it, so not sure.
I remember the days before Spotify still: downloading gigs of music, only 1% is ok, loads of time wasted. Fuck it, I'll pay for Spotify and then download what I like for permanent collection. My time is a lot more worth than a subscription fee.
I've had better luck with Tidal's recommendations. Spotify just kept playing me covers and live music on my weekly and it was driving me crazy.
It’s the opposite for me.
Warez websites
Blogs
Bandcamp daily
Youtube and twitch feedback channels
Sorry but it's easy to discover new music without algorithms
I am glad those work for you but music is very subjective and personal and these wont work for me. and my autistic peculiar tastes
I literally just managed to build a system so i never need to see the youtube website again. Its what made me wonder if i could do the same for Spotify