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Sounded really good until I got to the part about needing to pay a subscription fee.

by acheron 13y ago

toomuchtodo 13y ago
We all need to eat.
- nitrogen 13y ago
  But it seems those music listeners in this thread are the type that prefer a single up-front cost over a recurring subscription.
vacri 13y ago
You don't need to. It's a freemium model - paying a subscription gets you some extra features, like apps for mobile.
euank 13y ago
You don't need to. Since subsonic is Open Source, there's naturally multiple forks with the licensing code removed. The best fork, which also adds features, is madsonic[0]. I recommend it. In addition, if you already have subsonic, the license code is simply a check if your password = the md5 of your email. So using "example@example.com" and "23463b99b62a72f26ed677cc556c44e8" will make it think you're a valid subscriber and give you all features. [0]: http://www.madsonic.org/ http://www.madsonic.org/
- pacificmint 13y ago
  > the license code is simply a check if your password = the md5 of your email That used to be the case, but the newer versions actually phone home and verify the license.
  - euank 13y ago
    Thanks for the information. It was true the last time I used subsonic, but that isn't all that recently. Still, I have no doubt it wouldn't be hard to remove it from the code.
  - cheapskate 13y ago
    echo "127.0.0.1 subsonic.org" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts
- wattengard 13y ago
  Sorry but the front of that page made me throw up a bit in my mouth and just close it back down again...
  - 72deluxe 13y ago
    I like how they used a massive picture and then scaled it down in the IMG tag instead of just resizing the picture and putting it on the page. Very entertaining...!
fletchowns 13y ago
It's ONE DOLLAR per month. ONE DOLLAR! And it's only if you want the extra features. Would you rather have ads be inserted between your songs or something? The development of the app needs to be paid for one way or the other.
- csmuk 13y ago
  One dollar is too much for something that was a solved problem (media sync).
  - fletchowns 13y ago
    How is that a solved problem?
    - csmuk 13y ago
      How is it not? Plug shit into PC, two way sync. WinPhone and iOS do this fine.
      - fletchowns 13y ago
        Exactly, that's not a solved problem. Your first step, "plug shit into PC", is not something that I currently do with my phone, nor do I want to have to start doing.
      - antihero 13y ago
        Ah yes, the old "sync 600GB of MP3s onto a 32GB device" trick.
        ozh 13y ago
        Which has to be reason #2 or #3 why I hate iTunes with passion.
        csmuk 13y ago
        Yes because you really need 600GB of mp3s which on the back of an envelope calculation is over 1000 days of listening for 8 hours a day at a reasonable bitrate with no repeats... I'm sure, at amazon prices which is a fair approximation including CDs, you didn't spend $100,000 on them either. This is really not a problem. Well it is but only greed created it.

Sounded really good until I got to the part about needing to pay a subscription fee.

by acheron 13y ago

Sounded really good until I got to the part about needing to pay a subscription fee.

toomuchtodo 13y ago

We all need to eat.

nitrogen 13y ago
But it seems those music listeners in this thread are the type that prefer a single up-front cost over a recurring subscription.

vacri 13y ago

You don't need to. It's a freemium model - paying a subscription gets you some extra features, like apps for mobile.

euank 13y ago

You don't need to. Since subsonic is Open Source, there's naturally multiple forks with the licensing code removed. The best fork, which also adds features, is madsonic[0]. I recommend it. In addition, if you already have subsonic, the license code is simply a check if your password = the md5 of your email. So using "example@example.com" and "23463b99b62a72f26ed677cc556c44e8" will make it think you're a valid subscriber and give you all features. [0]: http://www.madsonic.org/ http://www.madsonic.org/

pacificmint 13y ago
> the license code is simply a check if your password = the md5 of your email That used to be the case, but the newer versions actually phone home and verify the license.
- euank 13y ago
  Thanks for the information. It was true the last time I used subsonic, but that isn't all that recently. Still, I have no doubt it wouldn't be hard to remove it from the code.
- cheapskate 13y ago
  echo "127.0.0.1 subsonic.org" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts
wattengard 13y ago
Sorry but the front of that page made me throw up a bit in my mouth and just close it back down again...
- 72deluxe 13y ago
  I like how they used a massive picture and then scaled it down in the IMG tag instead of just resizing the picture and putting it on the page. Very entertaining...!

fletchowns 13y ago

It's ONE DOLLAR per month. ONE DOLLAR! And it's only if you want the extra features. Would you rather have ads be inserted between your songs or something? The development of the app needs to be paid for one way or the other.

csmuk 13y ago
One dollar is too much for something that was a solved problem (media sync).
- fletchowns 13y ago
  How is that a solved problem?
  - csmuk 13y ago
    How is it not? Plug shit into PC, two way sync. WinPhone and iOS do this fine.
    - fletchowns 13y ago
      Exactly, that's not a solved problem. Your first step, "plug shit into PC", is not something that I currently do with my phone, nor do I want to have to start doing.
    - antihero 13y ago
      Ah yes, the old "sync 600GB of MP3s onto a 32GB device" trick.
      - ozh 13y ago
        Which has to be reason #2 or #3 why I hate iTunes with passion.
      - csmuk 13y ago
        Yes because you really need 600GB of mp3s which on the back of an envelope calculation is over 1000 days of listening for 8 hours a day at a reasonable bitrate with no repeats... I'm sure, at amazon prices which is a fair approximation including CDs, you didn't spend $100,000 on them either. This is really not a problem. Well it is but only greed created it.