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Spotify does not support travel? (lemm.ee)

submitted 7 months ago by ToxicWaste@lemm.ee to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I mean fair enough, i use this version of Spotify and don't pay them a single cent: https://bestforandroid.com/apk/spotify-premium-mod-apk/

But if I was a paying customer i would be pretty pissed opening Spotify the first time on my 3 week travels and seeing this crap :⁠-⁠O Funnily there isn't even an option to change the location as suggested. Neither in the modded app nor on spotify.com on FF mobile.

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[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 40 points 7 months ago

Use a different client, or the web player then. This is a settings issue and attempt of them to combat IP switches and account sharing. You're not a paying customer, and I've not had this issue on a paid account before.

Honestly, Spotify kinda sucks anyway. Use something else.

[-] Neato@ttrpg.network 21 points 7 months ago

Spotify sucks? What are some good alternatives that have a similar amount of content and suggestions?

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 22 points 7 months ago

Spotify has radically changed it's official clients to be full of suggestions, ads, and pointless info I don't care about. Add in all the service restrictions, and it's just a crappy service and user-experience. Wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

[-] nfsu2@feddit.cl 5 points 7 months ago

True, thats why I use modded apps. I've also tried spotify downloaders but none of them have over 90% succes rate, o until then its modded apps for me.

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[-] Neato@ttrpg.network 3 points 7 months ago

Do you get ads is you pay for it?

Also: there's unofficial clients? Does it use it's algorithms or library?

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 months ago

You get podcasts shoved down your throat that's for sure.

[-] 520@kbin.social 4 points 7 months ago

Not interrupting ads like in the free version. They sure do like to push 'suggestions' when you open the app though

[-] ironsoap@lemmy.one 7 points 7 months ago

Deezer for one. Doesn't have quite the same amount of music, but I don't seem to have the issue with travel considering I am literally away for half the year.

Many others though.

https://www.lifewire.com/best-alternatives-to-spotify-5217870

[-] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 7 months ago

I'm really liking Apple Music. Mainly because it's streaming bolted on to a real music library manager, so you can do stuff like edit song metadata, 5-star song ratings (though they really want you to use the stupid favorite system that Spotify also has), playlists that let you filter your library based on rules, and even add/upload your own tracks, so anything that's missing you can add yourself.

Though I'm not sure how the experience is if you don't have a Mac, as the web client is hot garbage and they don't have a native Linux client.

[-] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 7 months ago

That’s one of the largest downsides imo. People have had their libraries converted and suddenly they don’t have their owned music anymore.

[-] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 7 months ago

Which downside? What do you mean? Everything I've added to it locally is in its own folder, and it's a copy of the original files.

[-] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I think most people that traditionally used iTunes didn’t keep other copies somewhere else, since it was meant to be the music manager for all music, so if it screws up their library they lose their files.

The uploading and syncing local files was (is) already a feature of iTunes Match. Apple Music just expands it to allow it for music they don’t own, however people have had it take their files and relabel them as Apple Music files and then lock them out if they cancel their subscription.

The downside is combining my local music management with their streaming service, I’d rather they were entirely separate with the option of playing local files, as Spotify does. The option to upload files would be fine.

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[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago

Never used Spotify, but I got into Apple Music after learning it supports lossless. It’s been fantastic. I have MP3s on my phone and none of them have been overwritten with clean versions or anything like that other guy said… I dunno his setup though. I keep my giant MP3/flac collection on another HDD, backed up to an external.

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[-] femboy_bird 4 points 7 months ago

Buying your music and quitting the renting economy

[-] Neato@ttrpg.network 5 points 7 months ago

That is mostly untenable for the average person. In the past a modest music budget was 1-2 albums a month plus the radio for discovery and word of mouth. That was it.

Streaming platforms give you access to practically everything that's even remotely popular for the price of 1 album a month. If you want to consume a lot of music and especially a lot of new (to you) music, online streaming is one of your best options. And I know what sub I'm on, just addressing that you said "buy".

[-] femboy_bird 5 points 7 months ago

As a broke mofo who has quit streaming music and have a growing cd collection yes the quantity is lacking (I'm usually able to afford a new lp a week currently have 8), but I have found that I enjoy the music more than I did before, and in the end, every album I buy is mine forever which means that I don't have to worry about some obscure artist's stuff being removed from streaming services (which has happened to me on more than one occasion)

For me music is a hobby and streaming services cheapen music to the point of being background noise

[-] Emerald@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Or pirate your music and quit the renting economy. Soulseek, streamrip, private trackers

[-] MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

similar amount of content

Like, a similarly low amount of content?

[-] Neato@ttrpg.network 3 points 7 months ago

There is no way you can use Spotify and think it has a low amount of music. There are precious few things I've looked for it doesn't have.

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[-] tostiman@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

Deezer

[-] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago

Agreed that Spotify kinda sucks. That is why i am using it the first time towards the end of a 3W trip :-D

With the modded apk and a 10min mail account it is worth the storage on my phone.

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Yeah, there are modded clients out there that remove the crap, and dozens of other unofficial clients as well. You have options.

[-] LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.works 27 points 7 months ago

Others have mentioned other clients, but I'm going to suggest a different, less convenient route. Would you still have that problem if you routed your phone's traffic through an exit node in your home network?

[-] sebinspace@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Tailscale ftwwwww

[-] Grandsinge@lemmy.zip 11 points 7 months ago

Why add the third party? Just run an instance of wireguard on your home network and call it a day.

[-] sebinspace@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago

Because Tailscale uses Wireguard, but doesn’t rely on my inept ass to know what I’m doing.

[-] Grandsinge@lemmy.zip 6 points 7 months ago

Fair, lol.

[-] herrvogel@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Because that's physically impossible for tons of people. CGNATs are very common.

Well nothing is impossible, but it does complicate things very much. Certainly outside "just run a container and call it a day" territory.

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[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 24 points 7 months ago

I'm a paying customer and I don't have this problem.

[-] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 11 points 7 months ago

Considering that i have a free account registered to a 10 min mail and paying customers don't seem to have that problem... It might be some kind of protection against manipulating the charts aswell.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 points 7 months ago

You're also using a modified client. Hmm...

[-] Anarki_ 19 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Pirated product doesn't work exactly as paid product

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What was the point of this post? 🙄

Don't get me wrong. I don't mind piracy and fuck Spotify, but come on...

[-] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 17 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Nope. This was the reason I gave up on premium; my means of payment was registered in my old country and I wasn't allowed to change it.

[-] wingsfortheirsmiles@feddit.uk 14 points 7 months ago

I've never had this come up and travel abroad a fair bit. Though now that I think about it I always use it through a VPN set to my home country lol

[-] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Spytify

It records Spotify music real time, at the highest available bit rate (as long as you set it). Uses Spotify API to pull track metadata and album art. Its smart enough to not records ads and auto deletes tracks under 30 seconds (I think you can change the time)

It's slower than YouTube DL, but having all the metadata sorted out for you is a big plus.

Its probably about 98% error free, sometimes a second of a song ending gets put on the next track. A quick cut/paste in Audacity and it's fixed.

It works best if you have a separate audio device, otherwise other computer sound gets recorded too. I'm not going to do a full tutorial (unless someone asks), but basically you set the audio for Spotify on audio device #2, and continue as normal on audio device #1. It has a loopback feature too, so if you want to listen/record the same time you can.

[-] DivisionResult@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 7 months ago

https://github.com/Team-xManager/xManager/releases

TIDAL is crear toó.

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[-] nutsack@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

just buy music from artists on Bandcamp this thing is stupid

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[-] mindlight@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I'm a paying customer and I've never had this problem.

[-] Unebrion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 months ago

I didn't know about this apk. Gonna check this out thanks for putting it on my radar

[-] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

works pretty well - except on longer travels ;)

[-] bblfrnz@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago

That's how Spotify has been working for years. Spotify doesn't work officially in my current whereabouts, so, in order to use it I just registered an account via vpn and now I just need to log in into spotify using vpn once in two weeks. It has been working this way a few years for me already.

[-] Gooey0210@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

Only supports the apartment you're registered in, and only if you gave all the permissions to the goverment app, and stored your biometrics and agreed to everything just to be first in the line for the chip implant

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