I’m in a dilemma, I think ownership of media is important, but the convenience of Spotify and the algorithm of new music that it suggests has helped me find amazing artists that I wouldn’t have heard of otherwise.

Fellow sailors, what are your thoughts, and how do you personally listen to music?

  • Leraje@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I have Ampache running on a self hosted server, which has desktop and mobile apps.

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      1 year ago

      I don’t know why you were down voted but thanks for this. I’m doing some research on it now. So here take this upvote

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    1 year ago

    Maybe its a generational thing but I prefer having a Plex / Plexamp serveur with all my music as FLAC on my home server. I can better curate my collection and it’s available everywhere.

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    1 year ago

    I have tens of thousands of songs in my home computer but I prefer to just use Spotify when I am outside.

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    1 year ago

    Local library. I don’t want to pay for things I don’t own. Streaming services also can remove/ disable music any time. I also don’t need recommendation algorithms I think they are biased. I can easily discover new artists on blogs

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    1 year ago

    Support your favourite artists by buying their merchandise and going to shows.

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    1 year ago

    Local library for me for sure!

    I discover new music through friends, Shazam, and browsing Youtube Music.

    With ~6k songs I don’t get bored that fast.

  • D-RAJ@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Give ViMusic (for Android) a try. It’s free in F-Droid. It’s like Spotify but uses Youtube Music for the backend.

    I have a Spotify account and never use it anymore. ViMusic is great.