Serious question. Who’s the alternative to Spotify?
this post was submitted on 09 Mar 2025
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I can survive using a different service for my podcasts. So this sounds like a good shout. But I’m impressed by the fact they supposedly have as many tracks as Spotify.
Will chase this down.
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Deemix
and Lucida
What the actual fuck? How did I not know about this? I mean… I want to pay for my music streaming, but for downloads this has changed my fucking life.
THANK. YOU.
Which one did you take?
Wut, bud? Haha. I don’t understand the question.
Edit: I mean Lucida is service I didn’t know existed and I will now use. I dunno if that helps
Jep, I wanted to know which of those two got you that excited
Will investigate. Fanks
Buying from, and supporting the artist directly, IMO.
Many European metal bands host their own webshop selling their merchandise, records, cassettes and CDs; many small and independent musicians sell their songs on Bandcamp (US based website that does take a cut from each payment, 15% I believe goes to Bandcamp, so that is something to keep in mind)
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Does anyone here remember radio?
Web Radio still exists. I use Shortwave for tuning in.
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I prefer Pandora's algorithm for music. But I haven't looked into their skeletons yet.
Just noticed what community this is. Pandora might also be US-based.
It works in the UK with a VPN (when I visit anyhow)
I believe they are owned by siriusXM since like 2019
I still buy my music song by song from iTunes (I haven't done it since before the drumpfster came to power), I don't rent my music.
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The fact that the company that owns cash app also owns a music streaming service makes me laugh.
I'm sure in a few years some Block exec is going to make hay by selling it for a loss to focus on their core tenants which is being slightly better than PayPal.
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Source please
I haven’t done any deeper digging than this. Shout if you find something that contradicts this, pls?
Also, real talk: Bjork hating on a thing kinda makes me more inclined to dump it myself 🤣
Edit: I fucking love this parenthetical here. “Byurk who, just for your information, is a musician who makes music and probably plays some instruments…”
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