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?

    • Cameri@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I had 500 songs downloaded for offline listening, but had an issue with my carrier in the middle of a work day which left me without an internet connection… And this freaking app didn’t let me listen to the songs I already had downloaded. Noped right out of there.

      Dude that sucks! This is one of my greatest concerns as we enter web 3.0 and give control over to companies like Google, Apple, Microsoft, etc.

      I now use this library of FLAC files on Music Bee, a free software that looks awesome. When I connect my phone to my PC, Music Bee converts all songs to high bitrate MP3 and syncs with the phone - I then use an open source music player to listen to them.

      It must be a nice feeling having high quality flac files that you can play without any DRM nonsense when you want and how you want. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

    • rewarp@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Wow. Thanks for writing this guide! I have a local music collection I have been maintaining since the days of dial-up, and have an aversion to ads running while listening to music, so I don’t use any streaming service.

      Building on top of your solution with Tailscale would allow me to stream from my home computer to anywhere there’s Internet.

    • maporitaEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Sounds like a great solution. How do you find new artists? One of the advantages of a streaming service is the recommendations . . I’ve found a lot of new music that way.