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

I don't use any proprietary apps. Only FOSS apps installed on my phone.

Hope you're enjoying the freedom, fellow FOSSer

Sometimes I feel like it's just too simple. Then I see articles like this and I'm like nope. Staying away from that bullshit.

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

I’ll just avoid sites and services that require this.

It's not the site wanting to do it. It's a requirement from Parliament in the UK.

Online Safety Act 2023 - Wikipedia

(en.wikipedia.org)

The Online Safety Act 2023[1][2][3] (c. 50) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to regulate online content. It was passed on 26 October 2023 and gives the relevant Secretary of State the power to designate, suppress, and record a wide range of online content that is deemed "illegal" or "harmful to children".[4][5]

The Act creates a new duty of care for online platforms, requiring them to take action against illegal content, or legal content that could be "harmful" to children where children are likely to access it. Platforms failing this duty would be liable to fines of up to £18 million or 10% of their annual turnover, whichever is higher. It also empowers Ofcom to block access to particular websites. It obliges large social media platforms not to remove, and to preserve access to, journalistic or "democratically important" content such as user comments on political parties and issues.

I mean, you don't have to go there if you want, but it's probably Parliament you want to be irritated with, not websites following British laws.

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

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

It's their silly little way of saying conned subscription holders.

Personally, the open source community's aversion to algorithms is what's holding me back. Say what you will about them, but I've found many great songs thanks to Spotify's algo.

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.

people like having their stuff.

Already did this ages ago. Been building a collection for decades now. I'm pushing about 10k albums on the NAS. Haven't had spotify since like 2018

Well... with streaming services people don't actually have anything, because nothing in there is theirs to own

Soulseeks recommendation algorithm is top notch, almost organic. You click the 'browse users files' button.

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 not only gainfully employed but also able to accumulate savings I STILL never had a streaming service. You could count the self hosting spotify clone I made as a "streaming service" but I'm not paying extra money or probably supporting people with different ideological beliefs than me in order to use it so that really doesn't count.

just buy releases from bands on Bandcamp

If you're just looking for an engine that recommends you music based off your likes, the FOSS community could utilize the Music Genomoe Project to build a tool too do that based one a folder or Playlist of music provided to it. I would be surprised if there already wasn't a FOSS tool to do that.

sure. though it would be easier to talk someone into jumping off a bridge than to convince them to give up something they mostly hate but enjoy one crucial feature of