Apple Music doesn’t pull this shit
Where we live they phased out Duo and force&switched us to Family even though we’re only two. That was a year ago or so
They run ads in the podcasts that are exclusive to Spotify. There is no such thing as ad free Spotify.
Could someone please explain this post?
not only do you pay them to shove more adverts at you, they’re giving a substantial chunk to chuds like rogan all the while stiffing the artists their service is built on.
nice fucking job.
I just got a “swipe right or left” ad for duo
thanks, spotify, for occasionally reminding me I’m single
Just a reminder that Tidal is amazing, has higher quality audio, a real shuffle, daily playlists, doesn’t shove podcasts in your face, pays artists more, and provides ways to import your playlists over 🩷 I also listen to some pretty obscure music and haven’t had issues not finding songs.
Looked at that and think it will be an option in the near future, but right now Raspotify and Connect are hard to beat.
Edit: Searching a bit more, it looks like Tidal Connect is actually a thing. I’ll take a good look at switching when my Spotify plan runs out. I’ll be happy to switch to a service that doesn’t screw their artists.
That repo is an amazing example of something so well documented as to how it works they completely neglected to have even a paragraph explaining what it really does and why I would want to use it.
As far as I can tell it’s a Spotify connect client which runs as a daemon so you probably need to control it remotely? Kinda like how AirPlay works on apple devices? Is that right?
Yea, I run hundreds of self-hosted projects, and I’m clueless.
Deleted spotify, now use Soundcloud and Tidal. Reminder soundcloud has by far the most music on it.
You can stream all the music you own from Bandcamp directly too.
Last I’d used Tidal it was still glitchy, missing artists I fancy, with incorrect dates and covers for a number of other artists I like. I’m still on Spotify for now, but with ad-free clients on both my phone and laptop. Is Tidal any better than it was 4 years ago?
It’s been super solid for me! They are constantly improving categorization, and they are always on top of reported issues. I absolutely love that they provide patch notes with every update!
Tidal has like everyone now. Even a few that weren’t on spotify in my experience. Its like 2$ to extend the free trial to 2 months so you can really get a feel for it.
I have always liked apple music, hated the first ui change, its finally good again now, near perfect
I believe Apple Music is solid, and if I’m not mistaken, pays artists the most. I was super considering it when I was looking for alternatives!
Every complaint ppl had about queing was valid but is gone now, it improved a lot at some point last 2 years, I always liked finding related artists on there and if you like edm so many livesets remastered for apple music
aww it’s not available in my region
I’m just waiting for either Tidal or Qobuz to offer good non-English (Japanese) support sike… I tested both. Apps were solid themselves but I’d appreciate it if I don’t have to try English, Japanese, romaji (Japanese phonetics) every time I search for something
I’m checking out Tidal right now. Is there a way to import the playlists that doesn’t cost money?
When you say “a real shuffle” what do you mean?
So far the audio quality is noticeably better and I have both set to maximum quality. Only complaint so far is that they seem to combine artists of same or similar names. For example, it was tough to find Wolves without it confusing different artists of the same name. I found a metal core band from Milwaukee of the same name which I like, but I was looking for a band from the early 2000’s from Massachusetts. Once I found them, Tidal lists other artists’ albums under the more albums section.
When I moved over a few years ago, there were a few different services that could migrate playlists. I did remember some having a cap that you had to pay to increase, but I believe I eventually found one that let me move them all for free.
One of the reasons I quit Spotify was that their shuffle seemed oddly weighted. It would try to detect songs that it thought I wanted to listen to and always prioritize those in the shuffle. Turning off its smart shuffle didn’t seem to help either 🤷♀️ I do occasionally find artists with the same name grouped together, but this is something I’ve seen them addressing in their patch notes. They are really on top of reported issues.
Yeah. I’m not a fan of their shuffle either. I sometimes want music I’ve never heard before. Supposedly their discover weekly playlist is what provides this but it’s always full of covers of songs I already regularly listen to.
I had Spotify on shuffle once, and it played the same song twice in a row. On two separate occasions.
Exaaaactly! It could be a super cool feature if they gave users a way to add and adjust weights to songs- higher ones played more often and lower less, or if they let songs be hibernated - they stay in a playlist but won’t play until woken up.
Tidal doesn’t respect disabling explicit content, and it also dropped crossfading.
As buggy as it is sometimes, Deezer is where I’m at.
That isn’t an advert, it is a “promotion”, gotcha!
I guess they don’t count their own ads
“Hello, spotify? I’d like to cancel…well because you don’t know what words mean.”
Don’t worry, if you switch to Duo the messages don’t stop. They just change to “Upgrade now to a Family Plan!”
I’m afraid to ask- what if you get the family plan?
They convince you to start a second family with your mistress in Atlantic City
They might summom up a family super version and limit the family plan to 3 people, so you need super if you have 2 kids lol
Ah Family Plus.
I guess if they want to listen on a different IP addresses, you’ll need Family Plus Mobility
Fucking excuse me? Wtf is happening now?
“So everyone in the couple can enjoy…”
But there’s only two people, you said it’s a couple???
Does this read weird to anyone else?They’re trying (and failing) to be cute. Like saying “all two of us”. “everyone in the couple”, because it’s called Duo. Personally, if I had Spotify, this ad would be the last straw to make me cancel.
I am so glad I swapped to downloading my music rather than streaming. Fuck Spotify and every other streaming service. Owning my music is more important to me than any level of “convenience” those services pretend to offer
Plus you can make it just as convenient by self-hosting your own streaming service from home!
Oh do you have any recommendations on how to do that? I’ve just been using Syncthing which works fine, but I’m curious if you have better ways of doing it
I just wish i could buy and use cd’s still, the artists used to see more money and i got to use the music in whatever device i decided.
I’ve been building up my collection by browsing my local Bullmoose (idk how widespread that store is) and other places that sell CDs. I’ve got a disk reader a friend gave me to rip them.
Use Spotube, a Spotify client that’s available via F-Droid or it’s official site
That’s all. Enjoy free Spotify premium-like user experience. You can also log in with your already existing Spotify acc for convenience
Nice. Any chance my existing spotify accound could get banned or something? I want some QOL changes but am afraid of losing ~400 playlists…
Thanks mate !!! Thats a great app!! To be true lately a lot users share their apps, you guys give amazing solutions!
I dropped YouTube app and I use newpipe, now I can use spotube as a replacement to Spotify.
I had the same Wow! experience when I first heard about this app. One can’t literally tell which apps UI is the official one lol
Glad to hear others like it too!
