Same! It decided ‘fuck em all’ and just downloaded all my music locally. It took some time to find a decent music player, but ended up with Musicolet, it’s a fantastic local music player. The way I see it, I’ve paid for Spotify for years, so I don’t feel bad about downloading all the music I had on there. Any new music I want I’ll just straight up buy myself.
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Luci@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Recently ditched Spotify, and you should too.
dimjim@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
rozodru@piefed.social 1 month ago
what alternative did you end up going with?
I had a script to convert my main Spotify playlist (5000+ songs) to download from soulseek but...yeah that would take a VERY long time and I really didn't feel like being a soulseek asshole going that route.
If there was something out there where I can take my spotify playlist and just convert it and use it on another/better platform I'd switch right now.
Nighed@feddit.uk 1 month ago
I switched to Qobuz. They use soundiiz.com to migrate, I think it was free transfering to them?
rmuk@feddit.uk 1 month ago
Another updoot for Qobuz. Very happy with it, and the migration process was even better for me than as you describe it. Also, I didn’t think I’d give a shit about it the higher-quality codecs but they’re actually amazing. Big fan, A+++, would Qobuz again.
Frozentea725@feddit.uk 1 month ago
Yeah the high res masterings are fantastic
BillyCrystalMeth@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
+1 for Qobuz! Tidal firing 100 employees did not inspire confidence in their app being less shit
Nighed@feddit.uk 1 month ago
I still don’t understand why apps these sizes need that many people in the first place, what do they do!?!
floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
I’ve been a happy Tidal user for years fwiw. The app is great as is music availability and discovery. I went back to Spotify for a while because I was missing its discovery features like discover weekly, but Tidal has greatly improved since then, and now features a daily discovery playlist (10 tracks, which I greatly prefer to Spotify’s weekly 30), plus 8 custom mixes based on genres you listen to. Track radio is also solid.
Also, it’s maybe the only subscription service that instead of creating new tiers, merged the two it had before into one, keeping the upper tier features at the lower tier cost
lemonySplit@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Listenbrainz is the best for discovery no matter what platform. Its opensource last.fm
anivicivokki@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I wish there was a better way to scrobble from Tidal to Listenbrainz on Android. I know that the Listenbrainz app itself can read system notifications and get song info from them. But the fact that you need to give permission to it for all types of notifications is not an easy decision to make.
null@lemmy.nullspace.lol 1 month ago
The last loop I’m trying to close is notifications for new releases from artists I subscribe to.
I found this, but it has no documentation so I haven’t tried it yet: github.com/…/musicbrainz-rss-generator
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
What is the history? I thought libre.FM was that, and closed. Can you import last.FM history?
exu@feditown.com 1 month ago
Plus Tidal songs are easily downloadable in full FLAC quality for your personal archive.
floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Yep. Hint hint: streamrip
einkorn@feddit.org 1 month ago
I am testing Deezer at the moment. To import playlists and songs, they advertise this 3rd party service, which worked for me.
Melonpoly@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The one owned by a Russian billionaire?
einkorn@feddit.org 1 month ago
Wooooooot? How did I miss that during my research?
rozodru@piefed.social 1 month ago
nope just tried it, desktop app doesn't work on my distro, can't delete the account now as the deletion method via the website doesn't work.
einkorn@feddit.org 1 month ago
Yeah, it doesn’t have a native Linux client.
compostgoblin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
I am very happy with my recent switch from Spotify to TIDAL
gilokee@lemmy.world 1 month ago
not available in Japan what the HECK!!!
GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I used something called spotDL, it grabs your music from youtube. I also had to get several thousand tracks, but it still found almost all of them. Didnt find maybe 50 out all those.
nullroot@lemmy.world 1 month ago
There used to be some programs that ripped directly from Spotify API. Did those all go the way of the dinosaur?
far_university1990@reddthat.com 1 month ago
zotify
rozodru@piefed.social 1 month ago
ah this was EXACTLY what I was looking for! thanks!
CriticalMiss@lemmy.world 1 month ago
interviewfor.red
Always looking for new members who love music :)
steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Apple music. High bitrate and aptx on android. And they pay artists more than Spotify. I moved over a while ago but I used some website to transfer over all my music.
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
+1 for Apple Music. I know, “boo Apple!” And all that, but it fits well within the Apple one subscription and they pay artists well. Sound quality is good, discovery is good, supported everywhere.
bradboimler@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m a Linux–Android user and Apple Music is the closest I’ve found to Google Play Music’s library management (the best there ever was). So it’s what I use.
insight06@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I would gladly have you leech 5000 songs off me in Soulseek if it meant Spotify was losing a customer.
mapleseedfall@lemmy.world 1 month ago
ymusic.io
use ymusic with no ads for youtube