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I have got to admit I canned Spotify subs years ago - but how are they managing to grow their subscriber base whn it is now going to be £11.99 in the UK? That is way, way too high for what it offers...

https://www.gbnews.com/tech/spotify-price-rise

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[-] JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml 93 points 2 days ago

You guys are paying for Spotify?

[-] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 38 points 2 days ago

I guess some people are, as long as it’s a good balance of convenience and price. Ages ago, Napster, Kazaa and DC++ were considered more convenient than buying music. I guess torrents are used for that these days.

[-] Master@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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.

[-] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 2 points 1 day ago

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.

[-] Master@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

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.

[-] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 2 points 1 day ago

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…

[-] dan@upvote.au 24 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

There's a P2P app from the same era as KaZaA, originally released the same year (2001), that's still in active use today: Soulseek. It's a great way to find obscure music, some of which isn't on streaming services and is extremely difficult to obtain otherwise.

Usenet is good for less popular stuff too. Torrents die once the last seed is gone, but some Usenet providers have over 10 years retention, and you always get full speeds over an encrypted connection with no uploading required.

Edit: Support artists where possible, but sometimes there's music that's impossible to find, and that's when these services come in handy.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

Firefox & ublock and there are no publicities.

My 'ol android apk doesn't work any more thoug... and can't find a new one (Hint hint, blink blink)

[-] Zidane@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

I've been using a cracked yt music since the Spotify crackdown. I miss my playlists often :^(

[-] kepix@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

must be hard paying 5 bucks for an exporter :^(

[-] Zidane@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Can't be fucked looking into how to grab my playlists. I'm sure I will eventually

[-] JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

Same with pi-hole.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

We have the duo plan, for me and my wife. Kids don't need one yet.

[-] devfuuu@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Their strategy has been for years to make the phone app very constrained if you're not paying, so to have any decent experience that was kinda required.

[-] 3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com 4 points 2 days ago

I don't no. But as they keep removing features from the free account, and here in the UK you at least need an account now to play anything people do

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