Comment on Switch from American tech companies !?

dimjim@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• XLE@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  People incorrectly assume “European alternative” means “better alternative” when sometimes, that’s not the case. Privacy needs to be approached with skepticism, no matter what surface-level credential something has.

  • Open-source
  • Paid
  • End-to-end encrypted
  • European

  Things like these might be table stakes, but they should not be the end of your search for an alternative product.

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  • Alb@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I think you are absolutely right.

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• cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Wild guess: Spotify was founded in Europe.

  It’s now based in the US, and a lot of its revenue goes to alt-right loonies. Renewing their podcast contracts is why you’re paying more year after year to stream music.

  I like Apple Music because they pay artists more, but I might be a little biased as it came with my phone and computer and I have a family plan with others who enjoy it (and yes, they are family).

  The true alternative to streaming anything is using Plex (or something like it) to make your own music streamer, buying all your media (that pays artists more than any streaming platform), and streaming it to yourself that way. It is illegal to rip CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays in the US, but technically if you own the media it’s fine to have it, you just can’t have broken the copy protection. Kind of a catch-22. But it costs a lot more as you have to buy everything. If you already have a massive CD collection, it’s not as big a deal.

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  • dukemirage@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Deezer is the way if one wants to continue streaming.

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    • phar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      Wasn’t there some kind of controversy with them? CEO being a trumpet or something?

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    • Alb@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Deezer is France-based.

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• Alb@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I totally agree with you. Especially since they tried to take down Anna’s archive…

  Anyway, besides that, this remains very instructing.

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  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Call me out of touch all you want. I have big sd cards, and mp3 files. No ads. No subscriptions. No bullshit.

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    • Alb@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      And that is less energy consuming too!!

      I am socked by the sheer amont of energy needed by streaming platforms (Spotify and others) but nobody seems to care.

      By the way there is a telegram bot that allows you to download anything you want from Spotify. And then you own the files forever… no more connection needed.

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    • curbstickle@anarchist.nexus ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I have a bunch of TBs in a NAS and jellyfin/navidrome/audiobookshelf. Because I’m excessive and like making my life harder.

      No ads, no subscriptions, just self-inflicted bullshit.

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• jdr8@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m test driving Deezer as Spotify alternative.

  Looks really promising. You can even import your Spotify playlists and music to Deezer.

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• Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Kobuz is my suggestion.

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• whynotzoidberg@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Man, I remember having to use a VPN to sign up for Spotify when it launched, because it was founded in and available to the UK only.

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