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The spotify app has become so ridiculously bad I can't use it anymore. I found out about Zotify [1], which can rip my entire collection from spotify. The API ra

The spotify app has become so ridiculously bad I can't use it anymore. I found out about Zotify [1], which can rip my entire collection from spotify. The API rate limits anything faster than real time listening though, so it'll take a few weeks to download everything. [1] https://zotify.xyz/ https://zotify.xyz/

CamperBob2 3y ago
SongShift also works really well in my experience. I only use Apple Music in the car these days because its UX is safer/saner than Spotify's. SongShift makes it easy to keep them synced up.
- brainbag 3y ago
  Does it sync tracks that you Love in Apple Music? I have liked Apple Music a lot, except for one major thing when I realized that there is no way to view tracks that I have marked with Love, and I'm trying to find a way to get that information out.
  - CamperBob2 3y ago
    That, I'm not sure about. I just use it to maintain an Apple Music copy of my "Liked Songs" via what they call a "Full Library Transfer" shift. That may be what you're talking about, since clicking on the heart icon is how songs end up in "Liked Songs" to begin with...? Note that I only use it in the Spotify -> AM direction, not vice versa.
ccvannorman 3y ago
Thanks for this! I'll be using it. [0] 0: "Let me just open spotify to listen to.. NO, I don't want last year's recap... NO, I don't want to follow my friend's playlist.. NO, I don't want to try browsing your recommended audiobooks.. OK, now that those popups are gone, what was I .. Ah yes! This song, here it is. Play. .... No? Play. It's not playing. Maybe close and reopen the app?" <-- this happens often. Spotify Premium, the app that consistently fails at the literal one thing it's supposed to do, play music.
- boredemployee 3y ago
  It's all about retention metrics.
thefourthchime 3y ago
You can also use songshift, it'll move your playlists to whatever.

CamperBob2 3y ago

SongShift also works really well in my experience. I only use Apple Music in the car these days because its UX is safer/saner than Spotify's. SongShift makes it easy to keep them synced up.

brainbag 3y ago
Does it sync tracks that you Love in Apple Music? I have liked Apple Music a lot, except for one major thing when I realized that there is no way to view tracks that I have marked with Love, and I'm trying to find a way to get that information out.
- CamperBob2 3y ago
  That, I'm not sure about. I just use it to maintain an Apple Music copy of my "Liked Songs" via what they call a "Full Library Transfer" shift. That may be what you're talking about, since clicking on the heart icon is how songs end up in "Liked Songs" to begin with...? Note that I only use it in the Spotify -> AM direction, not vice versa.

ccvannorman 3y ago

Thanks for this! I'll be using it. [0] 0: "Let me just open spotify to listen to.. NO, I don't want last year's recap... NO, I don't want to follow my friend's playlist.. NO, I don't want to try browsing your recommended audiobooks.. OK, now that those popups are gone, what was I .. Ah yes! This song, here it is. Play. .... No? Play. It's not playing. Maybe close and reopen the app?" <-- this happens often. Spotify Premium, the app that consistently fails at the literal one thing it's supposed to do, play music.

boredemployee 3y ago
It's all about retention metrics.

thefourthchime 3y ago

You can also use songshift, it'll move your playlists to whatever.