Did you know? - Spotify runs on Google servers.
How do I know? I get the same 403 error when I try to open Spotify and Google websites.
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I used to just torrent music directly to my phone so I could use a good local app, but I’ve gone down the subsonic route, bc it is pretty slick.
if it wasn’t google, it would be amazon or Facebook.
all bad but never surprising
Ive really been getting into Bandcamp lately, I like how they pay their artists more and allow DRM free downloads when you buy an album
Kinda like GOG.com but for music I think
Would reccomend others to check it out
Yeah, Bandcamp is great. Except they don’t have an API for downloading your purchases and no plan to add one. Which means I can’t fully automate adding my new purchases to my Funkwhale instance, but it’s not the end of the world.
They transfer your data to third parties. There is no point joining Bandcamp. Spotify 2.0 and Soundcloud 2.0
Sadly they only take CC and Paypal.
Nice catch more one surveillance corp
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or you can use freezer and use deezer for free without ads and in FLAC, and it also has linux support
https://www.freezer.life/
plus, it’s open source https://git.freezer.life/exttex/freezer
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you can download music with Freezer.
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Since I just listen to songs there, I don’t see the potential danger. When Funkwhale will get more attention, I’ll create there an account too. (And maybe will switch). I have a FOSS app for listening podcasts. (AntennaPod) But I really start to think Spotify AI is shit because it recommends me songs I hate. I select songs for myself better like letting them do for me.
And I use a VPN, and a Spoti app for mobile, that has trackers nulled and ad-free, made by a friend. I run Spotify as a Chromium web-app on desktop.
A VPN probably costs less, and will be useful for longer. No need to rip when you can sail (unless it’s not on the seas yet).
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