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Perfect example of using a(n expensive) service even when it's annoying. Just stop using it, they'll hear your voice better.
by tomcooks 5y ago
Perfect example of using a(n expensive) service even when it's annoying. Just stop using it, they'll hear your voice better.
- jessriedel 5y agoHonest question: is there a better service with a similarly broad catalog? When I first signed up for a streaming service several years ago I went with Deezer since it seemed competitive and I knew Spotify was the evil empire. But bugs and a smaller catalog forced me to jump ship. I really wish it were possible to pay for a separate player/discovery app, in addition to my Spotify subscription, that had access to the Spotify catalog.
- xyzzy_plugh 5y ago> is there a better service with a similarly broad catalog? There is not. > I really wish it were possible to pay for a separate player/discovery app, in addition to my Spotify subscription, that had access to the Spotify catalog. This is possible. The Spotify SDK allows you to do practically anything, the only caveat is that Spotify is in control of playback state, you merely request the desired state. In practice this means you can do whatever you want -- no shuffle, better discovery, write your own radio or suggestion algorithms, etc.
- jessriedel 5y agoBy "app" I meant to suggest on mobile. My understanding is that Spotify no longer allows 3rd party apps on mobile. Is that not correct? (And to be clear, I'm looking to pay for an existing app, not write my own.)
- frosted-flakes 5y agoThe default Samsung music player has a Spotify tab. I've never used it though so cannot comment on how it works.
- scatters 5y agoYes, this is one of the things that keeps me using Spotify - Concertmaster is a great UI for listening to classical music, and it has access to a huge catalogue.
- fsflover 5y ago> is there a better service with a similarly broad catalog? No, but try https://bandcamp.com https://bandcamp.com.
- zulfazli 5y agoYouTube Music? I made a switch to them after finding that their recommendation engine worked better compared to Spotify...plus i get YouTube ads free as a side effect. Your mileage might vary on the recommendations engine though...
- Keyframe 5y agoI actually had Youtube Premium with Music before I gave spotify a try. I just cancelled Spotify's trial a few days ago. I just don't see what I get (for myself specifically) that I don't get with Youtube Music.
- tomc1985 5y agoYeah, private bittorrent trackers.
- lapinot 5y agoExactly, just download off high-quality torrent trackers and buy/give to musicians you like, talk about them to your friends and cultivate fan communities. Buy stuff off bandcamp and support search for your local scene. And as a counter argument to "but you're starving the artist and music industry", see [1], which explains in great details how streaming services don't benefit the vast majority of artists (tldr: paying per stream, paired with decontextualized highest view-count first search, starves most musicians instead of fairly sharing the revenue based on actual needs). [1]: https://pitchfork.com/features/oped/how-to-be-a-responsible-music-fan-in-the-age-of-streaming/ https://pitchfork.com/features/oped/how-to-be-a-responsible-...
- tomc1985 5y agoGiven the royalties that streaming pays the 'starving artist' argument doesn't make a lot of sense. In fact you could even argue that Spotify has done far more damage to artists' revenue streams than piracy ever did You've hit on my main argument against artist's trying to "own" their work, and against DRM. There are a million other ways to monetize your work instead of trying to control how it is consumed. As the great, wise Yogurt once said, "MOICHENDISING!"
- pjmlp 5y agoJust keeping our own MP3 library, no need to listen to the whole universe.