this post was submitted on 08 Nov 2023
254 points (97.7% liked)

Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ

55064 readers
282 users here now

⚓ Dedicated to the discussion of digital piracy, including ethical problems and legal advancements.

Rules • Full Version

1. Posts must be related to the discussion of digital piracy

2. Don't request invites, trade, sell, or self-promote

3. Don't request or link to specific pirated titles, including DMs

4. Don't submit low-quality posts, be entitled, or harass others



Loot, Pillage, & Plunder

📜 c/Piracy Wiki (Community Edition):


💰 Please help cover server costs.

Ko-Fi Liberapay
Ko-fi Liberapay

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

The reason I gave up on MP3's and subscribed to Spotify was because Spotify was easy. I've been listening "Iron Maiden - Empire of the Clouds" song every day and like a week ago, its removed. This was the last straw for me. Right now I'm trying to find "Stremio" of the music world. Can someone assist?

Key features I'm looking for:

  • Synchronization between devices
  • Offline play
  • Playlist support
  • Both desktop and mobile apps
  • Wide music library (optional if I will upload music)
  • Lyrics (optional)

Update: thanks to everyone who shared their solutions 🙏

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I much prefer to download music as flac and keep them local but i have 2 issues.

Finding new musis is hard because i am rarely exposed to it.

Music i like tends to be more obscure and harder to find a flac download for.

Ive started to use Spotify this year for those reasons but i hate it. I would love an alternative.

[–] Aux@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Spotify is pretty much the only quality tool to learn about new music which fits your taste. Google services tend to disappear after a while, like Google Music did, and the only other option is Apple Music I guess, but I've never used it, so not sure.

I remember the days before Spotify still: downloading gigs of music, only 1% is ok, loads of time wasted. Fuck it, I'll pay for Spotify and then download what I like for permanent collection. My time is a lot more worth than a subscription fee.

[–] MoxFcCloud@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've had better luck with Tidal's recommendations. Spotify just kept playing me covers and live music on my weekly and it was driving me crazy.

[–] Aatube@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

It’s the opposite for me.

[–] Nervyalloy5@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Take a look at Musicroamer
you type in a favorite artist and it uses the spotify recommendation stuff to find similar artists
if you find one that sounds nice then you can then create a branch of artist that are similar to them
(probably a horrible explanation, just mess about with it for a minute and you'll get an idea how it works)

I've personally used it to find quite a few new favorites since ditching Spotify in favor of a self hosted Navidrome server

as for FLAC downloads check out Qobuz, which has unlimited DL plans
alternatively if you would rather sail the seas, search up Firehawk52 for a guide

[–] small44@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Warez websites
Blogs
Bandcamp daily
Youtube and twitch feedback channels
Sorry but it's easy to discover new music without algorithms

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

I am glad those work for you but music is very subjective and personal and these wont work for me. and my autistic peculiar tastes

I literally just managed to build a system so i never need to see the youtube website again. Its what made me wonder if i could do the same for Spotify