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Musicians have long criticized the streaming service’s paltry payouts, but a new wave of boycotts is emerging

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I used a free online service to rip my Spotify playlists to MP3s. Now what? (for Android)

[–] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

You have a bunch of mp3s? Just add them to an app that plays mp3s like Winamp

[–] eodur@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

Navidrome + any of a number of subsonic players

[–] dimjim@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

If you just want to play music locally without hassles, there are a slew of music apps that can do it for you, my personal favorite is Musicolet.

If you wanna get fancy you could always spin up your own music server with navidrome, and combine that with the android app Symfonium (what i currently do). If you don't like the idea of always streaming your music, for example if you have bad internet service outside your home, you can temporarily or permanently cache music to your phone.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

I buy individual songs on iTunes, I can back them up without DRM to my NAS.

I dislike the entire concept of renting my music.

Since I started using an iPhone back in 2016, I have bought 781 songs, songs that I don't have to pay to access.

[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I did this 3 years ago.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What are your thoughts about old music, should it be pirateable? I mean I don't think those 1990 bands will get a cent from Spotify, or do they?

It would be lovely sharing songs with fellow online people IMO.

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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

What if I block all its ads?

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