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Does any other service deliver music and podcasts at a much lower price then?
by hnra 6y ago
Does any other service deliver music and podcasts at a much lower price then?
- sofixa 6y agoPlenty of alternatives exist - YouTube Premium ( which also gets you YouTube with no adds, on top of YouTube Music), Amazon Music, Apple Music, and iirc pandora, SoundCloud? I haven't compared prices.
- airstrike 6y agoCan't really suggest YT as an alternative to a monopoly
- throwaways885 6y agoIs either company a monopoly in "music streaming" if they're both viable alternatives?
- stjohnswarts 6y agoPeople way overuse "monopoly" these days.
- throwaway2245 6y agoSo, your suggested alternative to avoid data monopolization is to use a FAANG (with a worse product)? I accept that those are alternatives, but no thanks. Pandora has been geo-blocked and IIRC only serves the USA since 2007, and SoundCloud appears to me to be offering a different service.
- freddie_mercury 6y agoIn the country I live in none of those are available other than Apple Music. So the choices are Spotify and Apple Music.
- stjohnswarts 6y agoApple is much less likely to sell off your data
- freddie_mercury 6y agoThat is true but their app on Android was terrible (I used it for two years before Spotify was available here). Probably the worst Android app I used on a regular basis. Likely it is better on Apple devices but I don't use those.
- stonesweep 6y agoShoutcast/Icecast are alive and well, there are thousands of independent radio stations online; one of the most well known (SomaFM) is alive and well, ad free listener supported. Big Sonic Heaven is still online, both of these are like 20 years and running. Lots of podcasts are free from their source, Spotify doesn't even offer one of favorite ones (a weekly DJ mix, 500+ episodes strong) all you need is an app like AntennaPod (Android).
- tupshin 6y agoIn that vein, I'd suggest Radio Paradise. Also add free, listener supported, and has been streaming amazing mixes for over 20 years. https://radioparadise.com/ https://radioparadise.com/
- stonesweep 6y agoThank you for the reverse share! Much appreciated, ill give it a listen here in a bit (6am here :) ). In return, my podcast mentioned above is Resident - Hernan Cattaneo, podcast.hernancattaneo.com - weekly new progressive house music mixes.
- porsupah 6y agoLikewise, you might enjoy: CHIRP Radio (Chicago): https://chirpradio.org https://chirpradio.org 4ZZZ (Brisbane): https://www.4zzzfm.org.au https://www.4zzzfm.org.au Both are ad-free, other than local community orgs and the occasional local independent business plug, and funded by listener donations. Big bonus: huge variety in their playlists, with the DJs playing whatever they feel like.
- stonesweep 6y agoI didn't forget you guys, thanks these are all great and added to my combined playlist of radios. I didn't get around to CHIRP until this morning and was greeted with some Sisters of Mercy love as soon as I tuned in, that's a win right there. :) Much appreciated for pointers.
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- Tallain 6y agoI believe the price is similar, but Deezer[0] has a decent music library plus podcasts. Its recommendation engine also works a little differently. The "Flow" engine lets you listen as a radio station with known and unknown tracks thrown in with actually decent recommendations. Much better than Spotify, which only ever "recommended" artists I've already listened to, or artists I didn't like, or genres I didn't. If you listen to a wide variety of music, it doesn't know how to handle this apparently. [0]: https://www.deezer.com/us/ https://www.deezer.com/us/
- lytefm 6y agoYeah Deezer isn't too bad. Dealbreaker for Spotify:Linux Client and Years of Play lists.