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Wot The Fsck You Say, Spotify? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I purchased 3 eBooks in the Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy series (2 came free) and I'm on the final book. 20 minutes left in the last book and this is what Spotify tells me.

I'm over the edge now. I've been putting it off too long. I have a nice NUC I purchased about a year ago.

I'm tech inclined, 20 years of hobbyism, know the linux command line well. Work in IT consulting. But I'm busy. Very busy, and unmotivated to do things like hours of research and toying with settings getting things to work, if I ever have the time.

But this is the start of my new personal revolution.

I'll read the wiki and have read about Sonarr, etc, and I also want movies and shows, but is there anything specifically for eBooks? Looks like Readarr is my best bet? Stripping the DRM of already purchased (and free with Spotify 'Premium') books to share on a seedbox is also something I'm willing to take requests on. Is there a way to rip from Spotify if you have a premium account? And what's the best Android eBook reader (the last 3-4 I tried sucked with pirated eBooks)?

I know I'm sounding like a noob asking everything to be handed to me right now, but I am willing to put in the research and welcome and highly appreciate anyone with tips to point me in the right directions.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Relevant Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDfNRWsMRsU

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I have the whole series as DRM-free MP3. Let me know if you want it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

DM sent

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Better late than never and I responded! Check your DM. :)

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Library Card

Depends on your local library but I have for example unlimited E Books included.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm embarrassed that I never thought of this. Sure enough, my library lends both e-books and audiobooks. It's limited to 2-3 per month, but that's more than I need anyway

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I saw a librarian say on a post that people should borrow from the library anyways, even if they don't think that they'll get to it before it's due, because it means that they can use the higher rates of usage to argue for more funding. Getting something for free and helping the local libraries at the same time? Sounds like a win-win to me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Libby app.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

1"Oh god! Some of our users are leaving because our service sucks now!"

2"Should we improve our service?"

3"Of course not! We should just make it more restrictive and raise prices!"

2"Yeah! Raise prices to make up for lost customers!"

1"yeah! no one will pirate anything if we just raise prices and make everything way more inconvenient!"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

2"If we raise prices by 10 percent and make things a little bit shittier, we'll lose 5 percent of our user base to pirating and the non-tech-savvy users left behind who don't know how.... Well they can just take another 10 percent up the ass next year! It's win-win!"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I use the readera app on my android tablet. Haven't had any problems with it yet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

The enshitification is real!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

For now there's an app called xmanager that will patch your Spotify install to give you full access to a paid account

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Thank you for pointing out this app 🙏👍

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Is this iOS or Android or both?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

idk for sure but I think just android. it requires sideloading, on my android phone what it does is download an official version of spotify then patch it locally and install it. evidently it's illegal to distribute the patched apk but not the original apk and the instructions for patching it, so this is how they get around that.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Go to your local library and ask if they have audiobook borrowing through Libby or a similar platform! Not only are you NOT limited on listening hours, but it's free! You just might have to wait if all the "copies" are borrowed at the moment.

Also, if you have a cool library like I do, you might be able to borrow from multiple libraries. For example, my library card is for the St. Louis County Library, but it can also be used at the St. Charles County Library. So if I am looking for an audiobook on Libby, and SLCL has 3 virtual copies and they are all borrowed, I can search SCCL to see if they have any. I've had many situations where I'll find one library or the other will have a copy available for borrowing with no wait.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Does anyone know cities in the US where you can get a library card and not be from that city, or even state? I know there are a few

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Just to piggyback on this comment... If you have a dope library like mine, you don't even have to go in person to get your library card and do all of the above. I signed up for a card online, downloaded Libby, got everything set up and had an ebook checked out that same day.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

An audiobook, of an ebook, of a book, adaped from a radio play... ok then?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You should try the video game!!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

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