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Spotify has alternative clients like raspotify, so there you should have alternatives that don't need hacks. There's also a web client.
by kzrdude 4y ago
Spotify has alternative clients like raspotify, so there you should have alternatives that don't need hacks. There's also a web client.
- shaunsingh0207 4y agoraspotify/spotifyd aren't alternative desktop clients, they're connect clients, great if you want to modern-ify an old amplifier, but not useful for streaming. All of the native desktop clients (psst, spot, etc) are missing quite a few features compared to the official client, and spotify-tui is nowhere near as nice to use.
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- slondr 4y agoSpotifyd can be a desktop client. It doesn’t have a UI, but you can send it commands over dbus. Spotifyd on my laptop (often started initially with connect) is my primary method of listing to Spotify.
- Syonyk 4y agoThe web client seems to install some DRM packages. I've used ncspot extensively when on little ARM boxes - it requires a premium account, which I have, and it's just a nice little curses interface to Spotify, written in Rust, that seems to work on everything with a minimal of resource use.
- Aissen 4y agoI use the web client, but I find myself lamenting how it's missing basic features, like playlist management (change song order, duplicate playlist); fortunately I don't use those often, but it is quite annoying.
- easrng 4y agoThe web client is what requires widevine. The native clients use a custom (easier to bypass iirc) DRM scheme.