Is there a good FOSS service for discovering new music based on taste? I hate a lot of the closed-source algorithm BS that corpo apps force users into, but Spotify winds up doing a fair job at finding deep cuts that I enjoy
Comment on It really fucks with my recommendations, but fuck em™
gravitywell@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Why not just stop using spotify? You cant possibly stream enough to cost them more then they earn in a month they earn from you using them. Even on mute they can still count you as an active user when it comes to selling ads and promiting themselves.
If you really want to hurt spotify, use one of the services like Soundiiz that lets you export your lists and library, grab a 2 month trial of tidal for $2 and point tidal-dl to download it all for offline use. Get yourself a nice dedicated music player like a classic ipod running rockbox. If space is an issue convert from flac to opus.
If you really, really, want to hurt spotify do what i did and take the above instructions and then also spin up your own FunkWhale pod so everyone can also enjoy that music without giving corporations like spotify a dime.
You arent going beat corporations by using their products “too much”, the way to beat them is to replace them with self hosted alternatives.
trashboat@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
DmMacniel@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
You mean something like Last.fm and Listenbrainz.org ?
gravitywell@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
There’s lots of good music communities to follow on lemmy: beehaw.org/post/516009
jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Can they shut down your funkwhale for sharing?
gravitywell@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
In theory funkwhale can be private, but no one is going to bother you for having a public one. Mine had been running for 2 years without any takedown requests.
If enough people started using funkwhale to the point it actually affected spotifys revinue, but as much as i would like for that to happen, i dont think its very likely.
dontbelievethis@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Is funkwhale lime peertube for music?
So if I make music, could I upload it to, let’s say, your funkwhale instance and the that would be federated to all funkwhale instances?
Or is it more like Plex in that, you upload everything to your instance and I can just listen to it?
gravitywell@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Like peertube for music yes. Maybe not as feature complete yet but it aims to be similar.
Federation doesnt automatically share the actual audio files but peer tube also doesnt work like that either really. Funkwhale users can follow each other and have shared playlists across pods though.
RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Is tidal-dl working well? It seems to be abandoned. I was trying to get or make something to automatically download songs that I favourite but kinda dropped it after looking at some options.
gravitywell@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Tidal-dl-ng is the currently active version.
TachyonTele@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
It's not about using it not using Spotify. It's about getting the artists more money.
gravitywell@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Well if thats your goal buy their music or merch, or just send them cash directly, most artists are on bandcamp, smaller artists will at least have a venmo or cashapp you can send to.
Artists arent making their rent money on whatever pittance spotify pays them, you would do more good for the actual artist if you just promoted their work and gave them a few bucks directly.
Mac@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
You can do both.
jerkface@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Not with the same dollar!!
Greddan@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Tidal is pretty good for that. Better app than Spotify and better quality too!
TachyonTele@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
I'll look into tidal. I've never used it before.
toomanypancakes@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m a big fan of Tidal from my usage this far, they pay their artists something like 1.3 cents a stream versus 0.3 cents (numbers pulled from my memory and may be slightly off). Plus, the higher audio quality available and the 6 person family plan are nice to have.
jerkface@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Getting the artists more money is ALL about not using Spotift.