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There are literally two albums that I love that I can't find on Bandcamp or piracy, but they are literally the only thing keeping my Spotify subscription alive right now.
I think I'm just going to have to stream them into my DAW and do a poor man's rip, then cancel this shit ass.
I get Apple Music for “free” as part of my Verizon plan, so I’ll keep using it.
(Yes I know it’s not really free but worked into the cost of my plan, but I don’t pay a separate streaming music service, so there’s that.)
Already switched to Deezer and liking it way more
Just canceled my family plan. I like Apple Music more anyways.
More money More crap nobody wants like audio books Still haven’t seen cd quality streaming yet
I used to happy with Spotify before the enshitificatuon happened…
Are there any other music service that has a decent Wear OS app? Spotify allows me to download and listen to my music offline, and the app is not too bad.
Maybe tidal?
Tidal is basically Spotify, but cheaper, pays more to the artists and is, imo, better.
Googling for "tidal wearos" has some interesting bits, but I don't have a smart watch so I have no idea what I'm looking at
Well considering the last price hike got us gems like the music 8-ball/magic crystal thing, I can barely wait to see what banger they'll come up with to bloat my music player with next.
It should be audiobooks this time, if I heard correctly.
Bookmarking this page so I can learn modern sailing techniques. Audiophiles who sail the seven seas, please teach me your ways! My most hasn't hit the surf in a hot minute.
just PUT some magnets IntO a service
Xmanager if on Android.
As an audiophile it's like, way less exhausting to just go with Tidal, over pirating good quality music. Especially if you're like me and listen to nearly anything and everything.
"it's just another dollar, brah"
I pay about that already (~$14 a month), but for Napster, which afaik gives the biggest cut of any streaming service to artists. They also have really good custom playlist management, I never get intrusive popups or emails, and premium means no ads, even with hours of listening. I switched after the Joe Rogan thing happened with Spotify and never looked back honestly.
What joe Rogan Spotify thing?
Spotify spending millions to have the Joe Rogan podcast on their platform.
If you just want music, Spotify is wasting a lot of your subscription fee on unwanted features like podcasts, AI nonsense etc.
Did you use a time machine to get here from 2002?
No actually! Napster bought Rhapsody and now runs a music streaming platform.
I get the reaction though lol. That was my reaction too when a friend of mine recommended it. But I tried it and it is actually really nice, and the price hasn't gone up in the years I have had it.
Interesting. Do you ever run into music not available on it?
Also the price is currently cheaper than $14. Do you have the family plan?
