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Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨QuantumSpecter@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.techradar.com/audio/spotify/spotify-introduces-face-scanning-age-checks-for-uk-uses-as-some-furious-fans-threaten-to-return-to-piracy

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  • omniman@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Spotify was shit anyway use yt music

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    • Electricd@lemmybefree.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      won’t they suffer the same fate?

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      • omniman@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        For now yt music is what new Spotify was , but when one goes down the other cums and dominate

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  • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Does anyone have a good podcast app to replace Spotify that will keep track of progress across multiple devices? Bonus points if I can self host.

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    • jabjoe@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Antennapod with gPodderersync & Nextcloud? There are podcast apps for Nextcloud to play in the browser.

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      • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Thanks, this did it. Opodsync (since I don’t have nextcloud) and antennapod.

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    • filcuk@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I use audiobookshelf. Obviously for audiobooks mainly, but it does podcasts and it works well.

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    • Ashiggan@eviltoast.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I always used podcast player. Never had any issues before.

      play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.podcast…

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  • cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ha! Fuck. That.

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  • r_deckard@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    www.live365.com/listen

    No account or subscription required.

    Hundreds of internet radio stations. Some are ad-supported, some are ad-free but you can contribute to the station’s patreon.

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  • obvs@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I switched to Qobuz about two weeks ago. I’ve been really impressed.

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    • Prethoryn@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Is this FOSS? Is it on GitHub or can I get it from another app store like F-Droid?

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      • Waryle@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Nope, it’s a Spotify alternative made in France which emphasize on paying a fair share to the artists and providing a great music quality.

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      • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        No, it’s 13€/month (first month free)

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  • GTG3000@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    …funnily enough, it may actually be better for musicians if people left spotify, considering the absolute pennies they pay per stream.

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  • Mondez@lemdro.id ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You aren’t wrong, it is the government’s ham fisted and poorly thought out legislation… I fact the last government’s that this one inexplicably pushed on with despite it not being anything like a priority for the electorate. I’m frankly shocked at how many unforced errors this government is making given how “not being as rubbish as the last lot” was not a high bar to clear.

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  • Bloomcole@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    LOL ‘Spotify fans’ buch of losers

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  • darkreader2636@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Jokes on them. My m4a library reaches 1000’s easily

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    • Kissaki@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Thousands of megabytes!

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  • abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ngl, right now I’m endevouring to acquire more music in digital file format rather than streaming right now. Spotify is great, especially when your looking for individual songs that you’ll only listen to a handful of times, and for discovering music, but once you lose access to it you’re pretty fucked.

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    • hansolo@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      At this point even the music discovery is being enshitified with AI bands taking up more and more space as low-cost filler.

      The last 10 years of the internet are committing seppuku in front of us. Gird your musical loins, friend. We’ll need jams in MP3 format in the dystopian hellscape that’s rushing to meet us.

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    • Victoriathecompact@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I use Tidal, which pays artists even better

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  • elvis_depresley@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What do you think of Qobuz? From what I’ve seen, it’s got more stuff than bandcamp (at least from my library). It seems to pay the artists well too.

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    • haloduder@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I just use Pandora for radio and youtube for specific songs.

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  • Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Never had a Spotify account, and I never will. I have apple one, but Im kinda forced into that because of the other half. But if Apple pulls this shit, Im not paying for it. I VPN everything, but I still wont support any company that complies with this bullshit with my money.

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  • selokichtli@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Way easier to arrr!

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  • MyNamesTotallyRobert@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I have never in my entire life paid for a streaming service. I didn’t stop pirating when Netflix was the only game in town and cost $8 / month. I didn’t pay for streaming even when every normie started getting internet access and “everyone was doing it”. Even during the high point of my life where I was more than gainfully employed and accumulating savings I STILL never had a streaming service. Unless you count the self hosting spotify clone I made but I’m not paying money or supporting people with different ideological beliefs than me in order to use it so that really doesn’t count.

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  • thatradomguy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Back in the day, Grooveshark was the king before all these subscription guys showed up.

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  • art@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Who could have guessed this very obvious a most expected outcome?! Not Spotify, I guess.

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  • Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Is this just a thing for free users? I’ve not seen anything on there.

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  • Tattorack@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I mean… I’m already using Nicotine+ (Soulseek).

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  • FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I need a cheap mp3 player

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  • Doorbook@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They dont care about music, they want to make sure you are not listening to podcast they dont like.

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  • vane@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not sure about all those political experiments in the internet. Maybe they just don’t like HTTP ? Maybe it’s time to make HTTP to join BBS ?

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  • JoeKrogan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Do it

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  • roserose56@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Do it! I challenge you! People nowdays won’t drop an every day thing just like that.

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  • goatinspace@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Arr!!! Me hearty

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