Spotify has a become a shit show lately. I don't like that the CEO is supporting a genocidal state, the platform is full of fake AI artists and playlists. Artists aren't getting paid enough. the prices hikes and the app just feels so bloated with unnecessary bullshit. Because of this, I switched to self hosting my own music server (Navidrome, and Lidarr) and I use the symphonium app on Android. Really happy with that solution

I will cancel it

I work a desk job. I cant put pirated music on my work computer or ill get fired. Only real option is a pay service.

spotify lost me as a customer as soon as I learned that they gifted 150k to Trump for his inaugaration party

Military defence is expensive

I don’t like to bring my personal stuff on my work computer, but I can use my phone for all that stuff instead. You could use a BT speaker to blast pirate metal in the office.

Yarrr! hello there fellow matey! ‍️
Sounds good but, do you also set this up individually on your wife's and kids phones and devices and keep them updated?

I use Bandcamp when I want to buy and YouTube with ad blocker for streaming.

From that chart Qobuz seems to be the all round best deal. Is there any catch?

I mostly don't! The kids are too young, the wife has Home Assistant, Symfonium and has web shortcuts for the arrs. Haven't had any complaints since I got 2FA and external domain mapped for Hass.

My friend has had good results with jellyseerr with his wife and kids though haven't got to the point of needing it myself.

I thought about using my phone but I dont have unlimited data on my phone. I also dont have unlimited data at home so id run my phone and internet down faster. Phone is the real issue as its not much cell data at all per month.

I use Qobuz! It works well most the time. And it has a huge library. Some things are not as polished as some of the bigger companies. And there's a lot of Initial setup to get it working..

That said, I would say it's a great option. I do wish it had better continuous play options, as sometimes I listen to a playlist, and then it just stops. But that may be part of the learning curve. I'm not really a big "playlists" guy.. I'd like to start a radio and have it find similar artists (similar to Pandora 12 years ago) But that doesn't really seem to be the way companies are going anymore.

I have several Google mini devices (I know, I know. I'm working on it, but that's a whole other process) and they don't really seem to get along with qobuz all the time.

Overall, I like it, but it still needs work.

And yet, despite the subscription price or its raise, Spotify still insists on forcing promoted content on your homepage.

I cancelled it when they started to crack down on family plans with separate households. It just wasn't worth the money to me anymore. I wonder how much more price hikes the remaining customers are going to tolerate. At some point it becomes cheaper to just outright buy music..

An offline solution exists too, but then you would need to sync a few gigabytes of mp3 files on your phone. Not quite as convenient, but at least it wouldn’t use any mobile data. Actually, it’s still a whole lot nicer than dragging a CD player and a few discs with you. If you’re into retro, you totally can get CDs too…

Probably is cheaper for a lot of people who just listen to the same stuff week after week

I've had a grudge against Spotify waaaayyyy back when it first launched as an app on the computer.

For some reason, the Spotify app on my Mac wasted a ton of resources and battery. And it made me so mad I've never used them since.

Then years later they made dumbass Joe Rogan the face of the company so fuck all that.

I got a subscription two months ago because I had an event where it was simply easier to just use Spotify. I'm going back to plexamp I guess.

Platform podcasters who spread misinformation

Lol just say Joe Rogan

Well I am happy to have cancelled this shit a few months ago