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I would like to switch away from Apple Music, and Spotify despite being a European company, is not a desirable option for me. What music streaming services would you recommend?

I managed to download a text-only list of the albums in my Apple Music library, so if there's a simple library import option then that would also be very helpful.

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[โ€“] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

pirate for offline storage, and use what you'd pay for the subscription to buy an album on Bandcamp if you really like it. you get to keep your music forever, and your favourite artists get to eat.

[โ€“] djmikeale@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

I've switched to qobuz and like it.

If you are technically inclined: self host Jellyfin, use one of the various music streaming apps for it. Put the money you would have paid for x years of subscription into buying the albums.

[โ€“] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

Here is a comparison:

Qobuz vs Apple Music

Qubuz pays artist 1.8c per stream French Small Company

Apple Music pays artist 1.0c per stream American More Selection

[โ€“] BevsDad@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

I'm trying out Qobuz as they partnered with Soundiz so transferring all your music is pretty easy.

[โ€“] pirat@lemmy.studio 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What's your budget and what's your risk appetite?

what are you goals with having a music streaming service (IE: just to play albums you know or discover new artists)?

[โ€“] drspod@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

Ideally not much more than I currently pay (โ‚ฌ10.99/mo).

I'm not sure what risks you're referring to, but I'm not going to download linkin_park.mp3.exe from Limewire if that's what you mean.

I have about 1000 albums in my library and I mostly just play my entire library on shuffle. I don't want "mood" or "genre" playlists when listening, but I do like recommendation systems that just tell me what artists are similar to the ones I'm listening to (without auto-playing them).

[โ€“] jcr@jlai.lu 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[โ€“] schubidubiduba@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Sadly owned to a large part by an american investment company

[โ€“] overstep8556@jlai.lu 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It is not even owned at 50% by this company, so I wouldn't call it alrge.

True, but 40% is definitely not small either

[โ€“] Liljekonvalj@feddit.org 0 points 3 weeks ago

Soundcloud. German ๐Ÿ™‚๐Ÿ‘Œ