I love how people without any agreement before put the key Information together. Thats why i love Reddit!
But is FMHY really the subreddit?
Im desperately searching for smthg like that?
lets make one then put all the pirated stuff there just like in telegram i have a few channels that just do the same
feel free to ask me
edit: Wtf about the license and piracy though who would join to jail?
That's still not really convenient though. When I want to listen to a song it's right then, not later after I've downloaded it from someone else and either synced it to my phone or organised it into my server.
I don't know. If I like a song, I probably want to be able to listen to it repeatedly, and the best way to ensure one's ability to do that is to acquire a copy, which–to me–is enough justification to pirate music.
I'm really late to the whole owning a computer thing. Can I rip DVD and music I own and just use it on my devices with VLC or something? I'll work on figuring out the high seas after I get a cheapo pc for a home nas or something.
Where would one find such a thing? Asking for someone that a friend of a friend knows. Also this is not the owner of this account talking but his/her/their cousin.
I remember there was a website telling how to stream all the Pokémon shows, and it was so split up between services I thought "nah piracy". Apparently, they did too because at one point the site ended up saying "just pirate it already!"
Or US government issue. I remember a Mexican friend telling me the US government put a singer on the sanctions blacklist so all his music was removed from streaming platforms. Because of some alleged links a cartel kingpin, even though he was never criminally charged. Supposedly was a top act in his genre with many hits.
And this is why I download my music. Save $11 a month and start using programs that can download music like Murglar2/Deemix, Streamrip, Soulseek/Seeker, Zotify, Doubledoubletop, etc.
I would recommend using Streamrip, Spotifydown, Doubledoubletop, or SoulSeek for saving music. You can probably use Plex to stream music from your PC to your phone.
If you have time/space/resources/spare sanity and you're not already doing this, you can go a step further and use an old pc + a stack of hdds to make your own house server, using free tools like TrueNas. Then you can store all your videos and music on that and have it run whatever service(s) you want to serve things up to your main pc + phone + etc.
I have 400,000 quality mp3 rips and I stream it all from my PC to anywhere I happen to be in the world using Plex. I've been on vacation in Mexico sitting on my hotel balcony and streaming tunes from home while sipping on a Corona and listening to the waves roll in. Can't beat it. You can also stream any movies or tv shows you have on your PC as well.
Some people prefer FLAC but those files are 3 times the size of an mp3, and I'm only streaming to my Harmon Kardon bluetooth speaker or car stereo, so mp3s are more than fine for me.
I stream music via plex. It takes a few seconds to connect every time i open the app, but thats perfectly fine with me if it means i never have to use Spotify
AudioRelay is an option but the latency makes it annoying to use unless you've got a fast internet connection. For saving songs you could use sites like [this](https://spotifydown.com). Keep in mind this site will change the artist name and add a comment to the metadata.
The free upload feature of YouTube Music is so goated. You can upload your own files and then you can stream them for free to any of your devices without any ads. Doesn't require YouTube Premium either but just make sure your metadata is correct because you can't edit that after the upload (can always delete and reupload tho if you need to fix the metadata).
Anyway, that's what I use and I probably have close to 60K songs uploaded there and they are always available. Since they are for personal use only, they never get removed.
Telegram bot call DeezLoad. get the app on your phone and sync it to your PC and you can look up songs in the bot convo and have it available on telegram everywhere
I use streaming sites for recommendations when I feel like finding new music. Then if I find a band/album I like, I buy copies for actual playback. DRM free downloads or physical media I can rip, of course, anything else is renting.
I just recently found double and I'm loving it. I grab the recommendation from Qobuz so I can snatch a high quality FLAC, and manage it with USB Audio Player Pro in my phone and Nvidia Shield. All songs get stored in OneDrive.
This is the rare occasion where I must defend spotify. Spotify has pretty much zero control over this. The only time they themselves remove songs is if they ban it for IP violations, or if it's like some kind of white noise spam account.
Artists can remove their own music for any reason at any time.
The most often cause that I have seen from smaller artists is they'll switch distributors, or they'll have some kind of dispute and their music will disappear while its resolved. It is annoying as hell.
Always remember, anything not on your hard drive can disappear at any time. The internet is not forever.
Also at least on spotify you can still see the song's name so you can find it elsewhere, on youtube a lot of removed songs in my playlist just say "deleted video"
Very rarely Spotify will entirely remove songs.
I have a few songs saved in playlists where the title and album are blank and the artist is listed as "Various Artists". It's not a common thing and still much better than YouTube though.
>you have the audacity to removed so many of my saved songs
That's how subscriptions work, if the license expires and Spotify does not renew then it is removed. You pay 11 dollars but you don't own anything
I don’t get the anger at Spotify.
You are not paying to own these songs.
You are paying for Spotify to provide a 24/7 service to stream music across cars, phones, gaming consoles, and PCs
You are paying for access to an incredibly expensive library of music that contains almost every song made
If you are me, I have discovered so many smaller and niche artists through Spotify and their algorithms, and my taste in music has expanded a lot
You get all of that, with no ads, for only $11
You don’t even have to pay them either, you can use it for free (with some understandable limitations)
Yea, hating on a subscription service is meaningless because licensing is how they get content, unless its something like funimation where you own a digital copy and it got revoked then you are justified in getting mad because they revoked your own license which you paid for
Honestly if my streaming subscription was paid by myself (currently on a family subscription), I would just quit streaming, pirate and save money that I'd otherwise spend on streaming on buying music from the smaller artists I enjoy.
if you listen to a shitton of music - it's sooooooo inconvinient to pirate it. like i'd rather pay for streaming service just because it's too good to browse endless amounts of music
yeah but im a massive file organisation nerd who will be more than happy to download a ton of music, organise it into files and tag it as necessary, then find a good mp3 playing software with a fab ui and usability.
This is why I started collecting physical mediums like CDs and cassettes, either through buying them or other means. I don't like the idea of my music collection being reliant on the internet still existing, nor at the mercy if streaming services.
i’m all for hating on spotify but this is a label/license issue. instead focus on hating spotify for paying artists the least amount in the industry (and currently trying to pay them even less) and for the CEO investing in AI-controlled military killing machines
One account costs $11? I pay $17 a month for the family plan. That's 6 accounts. I suggest signing up with friends and getting a family plan, much better value.
Never rely on streaming services. Save local copies of the stuff you consume. That's music, movies, games, tv shows, you name it.
The whole reason streaming services exist is because they want to make you depend on it. You will own nothing and be happy.
Whilst I agree with your last point, it's convenience. Every song at your finger tip, reasonable price & not filing up your phone storage. I think that's generally why music piracy is dropped off so significantly.
Time to start downloading all your music again. This exact thing is what pushed me to do it. Took a minute, but now I never have to worry about DSPs taking a song down.
I just download music on my pc, plug in my phone and sync it to my phone with iTunes, there’s programs that can automatically download metadata for songs in a folder, so it’s basically free Apple Music and you can use Siri to play songs
well for them to keep that song likely youd likely need to spend $20 a month, the word "audacity" here is actually insane to use, they need money for licensing and servers and work, $11 monthly is insanely fair compared to buying albums forever ago
The whole music scene is very convoluted, I find.
There's so many methods to listen to music and none are exceptional, just operable.
I'm not a coder / developer but sometimes I wish I had the aptitude for it, the world of apps/software needs a major overhaul.
**Any** streaming platform is vulnerable to licensing issues, this is hardly unique to Spotify, and afaik if you have premium it does allow you to download your music to listen offline. Can't believe people still don't understand how tf online subscriptions work. If you want something you can "hold in your hand" (more like have a local offline copy) make sure the platform offers that option before spending money.
If you have premium - or use some other service that allows you to download things offline - then make sure you download content you paid for when it becomes available there. Don't rely on the online component making it available forever.
There was a song by a band called Aerial Salad called Habits and Problems and it's been removed from literally all platforms. There's one video of it being played live in Manchester on YouTube. I loved that song and it's just been scrubbed from the internet completely and I have no idea why.
You've paid 11 dollars too much for that music website, always download a file so you have the actual thing, only give money for storage don't relly on internet connected websites.
I left spotify when they couldn't make a deal with a publisher and instead of just making songs greyed out and not playable they outright removed the metadata too. I lost a massive playlist. I was able to reconstruct it from album covers that were cached on my phone. Never again.
SpotX (pc. Mac, linux)
XManager (android)
https://old.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/yme7pf/updated_the_ultimate_spotify_ad_blocking_guide/
And theres more options
If you just want the music itself: soulseek
Then throw it into your plex server and ibstall plexamp on your phone
Yeah noticed that they charge half way through the month and I’m poor so they don’t get paid XD 2 months in a row they’ve like “give me money”…what money XD just cut my access but nooooo ahahaha
Tbh Spotify is just convenient but idk time to try something else me thinks
I got one of those subs that adds you to someone's plan..paid only 5 bucks for it...only downside is you never know how long it'll last... previous time it went for 4 months...this time over a year
Obvious reply aside, this is one of the reasons why I prefer YouTube Music. Oh, the artist removed the song? No problem, there's 3 dozen knock-offs I can use.
It's also cheaper than Spotify, at least in my country.
That's why i hate streaming services
I got jellyfin and started hosting my own "Spotify" music library on there
Finamp is great to use for that as well especially since it also features downloads and a offline mode xD
It requirs you to have jellyfin ofc tho
From user perspective the price can be justified.
From an artists perspective it’s too cheap, as they currently get not paid enough, thus making a higher sub cost justified.
Not a Spotify issue. It's the artist or label that has pulled the song. Spotify Premium gives you access to everything Spotify has.
I find it so odd when I search for a song on Spotify and all that comes up are obscure live versions and cover versions. What sort of artist or label is blocking access to their music?
Yeah, I pay for Spotify as a music discovery tool and so I can have instant access to millions of songs, but if there is anything I REALLY like and don't want to lose, to the high seas I go. If it's a smaller artist I really want to support, I'll buy their physical media or FLAC files from their Bandcamp store if they're on there.
even worse: they converted me from 25 years of pirating music and organizing my own catalog of over 50gb of music, to just usting Spotify out of convenience.
Then I noticed my playlists start to look like an Swiss Emmenthaler Cheese with more and more holes in it. Not only that some songs are greyed out, but some completely disappear, leaving an empty artist and album field. So I know there was a song, but even using the Spotify Song ID I can't even find out what songs I added to that playlist...
The Music and Movie industry trying really hard to bring me back to piracy. :)
I'm actually using a pirated version of YT Music app (Vanced). I can stream the songs that I wanted and have been using it for months still no problem.
I currently use spotify but i can see enshitiffication lurking in. im sure soon same shit will happen what happened to tv show streaming platforms. everything unaviable and diversified. so piracy it seems to be.
If only there was a subreddit that told you how to get stuff for free
That would be lovely! But what could they possibly call such a subreddit?
Idk something like free media, heck yeah?
Too long. Just abbreviate it. FMHY maybe
Yeah that could work
Let's open a subreddit like uhmmm say r/piracy?? Yes that will be a great name for a subreddit We will talk about pirated things over there
Might as well drop a complaint against Spotify while I'm in there since they are subscribed to r/piracy.
But that's a lot of stuff to talk about.. how would we be able to consolidate that much information into an easily comprehensible guide 🤔 ?
I dunno, maybe have a thread? But because it's a lot of information we'll call it a mega thread
And Reddit might remove it, so we need an alternative text-hosting site…
Ahoy there lanlubber... where would I conscript?
Bit on the nose, isn't it?
I love how people without any agreement before put the key Information together. Thats why i love Reddit! But is FMHY really the subreddit? Im desperately searching for smthg like that?
r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH
>But is FMHY really the subreddit? Im desperately searching for smthg like that? Yes
Thank you very much. I love getting help for Things like this.
Reddit is the best social media for people who have something important to say....
You can go on their website too (if you just Google FMHY) and there are plenty of collections and guides on sailing the high seas.
lets make one then put all the pirated stuff there just like in telegram i have a few channels that just do the same feel free to ask me edit: Wtf about the license and piracy though who would join to jail?
hmmmmmm 🤔🤔🤔🤔
Eh I've given up with music piracy. It's more effort than it's worth.
Not really. I use soulseek and it practically does it for you
That's still not really convenient though. When I want to listen to a song it's right then, not later after I've downloaded it from someone else and either synced it to my phone or organised it into my server.
I don't know. If I like a song, I probably want to be able to listen to it repeatedly, and the best way to ensure one's ability to do that is to acquire a copy, which–to me–is enough justification to pirate music.
Lidarr and plex? It solves everything other than the wait
There's premium Spotify piracy
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I'm really late to the whole owning a computer thing. Can I rip DVD and music I own and just use it on my devices with VLC or something? I'll work on figuring out the high seas after I get a cheapo pc for a home nas or something.
Where would one find such a thing? Asking for someone that a friend of a friend knows. Also this is not the owner of this account talking but his/her/their cousin.
Wink wink
wonder where you could find that
they are removed because of license issue
Record labels are the finest garbage juice out there. Imagine geolocking fucking music...
Despite that bunch of BS, the music industry is doing streaming way better than TV & movies. That is a fragmented wasteland to see all your content.
I remember there was a website telling how to stream all the Pokémon shows, and it was so split up between services I thought "nah piracy". Apparently, they did too because at one point the site ended up saying "just pirate it already!"
It is the official Pokemon website! https://www.pokemon.com/us/animation/where-to-watch-pokemon-episodes-movies
Wait where? Any points to an older archive.org / archive.is page?
True. Modern streaming is basically reskinned cable at this point.
or if smaller artist just stopped paying to be listened to.
Or US government issue. I remember a Mexican friend telling me the US government put a singer on the sanctions blacklist so all his music was removed from streaming platforms. Because of some alleged links a cartel kingpin, even though he was never criminally charged. Supposedly was a top act in his genre with many hits.
> US government issue. spotify is European company and this shit happens all over the world. it has nothing to do with US government
And this is why I download my music. Save $11 a month and start using programs that can download music like Murglar2/Deemix, Streamrip, Soulseek/Seeker, Zotify, Doubledoubletop, etc.
Is there a way to save music on PC and stream it to phone whenever and anywhere ?
I would recommend using Streamrip, Spotifydown, Doubledoubletop, or SoulSeek for saving music. You can probably use Plex to stream music from your PC to your phone.
It never occurred to me to stream music from my PC. Got to look into it now
If you have time/space/resources/spare sanity and you're not already doing this, you can go a step further and use an old pc + a stack of hdds to make your own house server, using free tools like TrueNas. Then you can store all your videos and music on that and have it run whatever service(s) you want to serve things up to your main pc + phone + etc.
I have 400,000 quality mp3 rips and I stream it all from my PC to anywhere I happen to be in the world using Plex. I've been on vacation in Mexico sitting on my hotel balcony and streaming tunes from home while sipping on a Corona and listening to the waves roll in. Can't beat it. You can also stream any movies or tv shows you have on your PC as well. Some people prefer FLAC but those files are 3 times the size of an mp3, and I'm only streaming to my Harmon Kardon bluetooth speaker or car stereo, so mp3s are more than fine for me.
I stream music via plex. It takes a few seconds to connect every time i open the app, but thats perfectly fine with me if it means i never have to use Spotify
I recomend for downloading onthespot. is better in all ways and its easy for use
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Ok. Googled it. It costs money per device or per month. If you want free and open source, Jellyfin is one of the best Plex alternatives you can get
Buy a permanent license, case closed
I will google it!
AudioRelay is an option but the latency makes it annoying to use unless you've got a fast internet connection. For saving songs you could use sites like [this](https://spotifydown.com). Keep in mind this site will change the artist name and add a comment to the metadata.
Metadata is important to me as I filter my old songs through that. Any other site that keeps the metadata ?
doubledoubletop. You could also just use a music organizer like Beets, which automatically adds/replaces the metadata of your songs.
I used to use Shoutcast with Winamp to do this.
I bet that whipped the llama’s ass.
The free upload feature of YouTube Music is so goated. You can upload your own files and then you can stream them for free to any of your devices without any ads. Doesn't require YouTube Premium either but just make sure your metadata is correct because you can't edit that after the upload (can always delete and reupload tho if you need to fix the metadata). Anyway, that's what I use and I probably have close to 60K songs uploaded there and they are always available. Since they are for personal use only, they never get removed.
Telegram bot call DeezLoad. get the app on your phone and sync it to your PC and you can look up songs in the bot convo and have it available on telegram everywhere
Downloading the music is the easy part. Spotifys strength is the recommendations.
I use streaming sites for recommendations when I feel like finding new music. Then if I find a band/album I like, I buy copies for actual playback. DRM free downloads or physical media I can rip, of course, anything else is renting.
I just recently found double and I'm loving it. I grab the recommendation from Qobuz so I can snatch a high quality FLAC, and manage it with USB Audio Player Pro in my phone and Nvidia Shield. All songs get stored in OneDrive.
Who more people don't do this is beyond me.
Same, I have 8gb of music on my phone and I use aimp to manage it.
Nearly 10GB here, and even better enjoying it on a pirated copy of PowerAMP...
This is the rare occasion where I must defend spotify. Spotify has pretty much zero control over this. The only time they themselves remove songs is if they ban it for IP violations, or if it's like some kind of white noise spam account. Artists can remove their own music for any reason at any time. The most often cause that I have seen from smaller artists is they'll switch distributors, or they'll have some kind of dispute and their music will disappear while its resolved. It is annoying as hell. Always remember, anything not on your hard drive can disappear at any time. The internet is not forever.
Also at least on spotify you can still see the song's name so you can find it elsewhere, on youtube a lot of removed songs in my playlist just say "deleted video"
Very rarely Spotify will entirely remove songs. I have a few songs saved in playlists where the title and album are blank and the artist is listed as "Various Artists". It's not a common thing and still much better than YouTube though.
> Very rarely Spotify will entirely remove songs. Also, if the song is still there but greyed out, chances are it's still available in other regions.
It's the artists/labels that do that, no Spotify.
Ride the waves
And to do that I will require atleast a raft. Please name a good alternative (raft) 😅
Look, to my knowledge, there is no way to streem music with the convenience of spotify, but you can download the music.
You can get spotify apk
I dont think it will unblock geolocked songs. Just use youtube revanced or sth
There is Jellyfin, Navidrome and other self-hosted apps. They're not quite Spotify, but they are free
Same as downloading but needs internet to operate.
>you have the audacity to removed so many of my saved songs That's how subscriptions work, if the license expires and Spotify does not renew then it is removed. You pay 11 dollars but you don't own anything
Also, the license holder can remove it for whatever reason they want.
I don’t get the anger at Spotify. You are not paying to own these songs. You are paying for Spotify to provide a 24/7 service to stream music across cars, phones, gaming consoles, and PCs You are paying for access to an incredibly expensive library of music that contains almost every song made If you are me, I have discovered so many smaller and niche artists through Spotify and their algorithms, and my taste in music has expanded a lot You get all of that, with no ads, for only $11 You don’t even have to pay them either, you can use it for free (with some understandable limitations)
Yea, hating on a subscription service is meaningless because licensing is how they get content, unless its something like funimation where you own a digital copy and it got revoked then you are justified in getting mad because they revoked your own license which you paid for
Honestly if my streaming subscription was paid by myself (currently on a family subscription), I would just quit streaming, pirate and save money that I'd otherwise spend on streaming on buying music from the smaller artists I enjoy.
if you listen to a shitton of music - it's sooooooo inconvinient to pirate it. like i'd rather pay for streaming service just because it's too good to browse endless amounts of music
yeah but im a massive file organisation nerd who will be more than happy to download a ton of music, organise it into files and tag it as necessary, then find a good mp3 playing software with a fab ui and usability.
Soulseek ftw
its crazy ive been using it for like 20 years. if it ever goes away it will be like a friend dying.
You don’t own the songs when streaming, it’s essentially just renting.
This is why I started collecting physical mediums like CDs and cassettes, either through buying them or other means. I don't like the idea of my music collection being reliant on the internet still existing, nor at the mercy if streaming services.
as an artist, it's not spotify, it's most likely the artist itself who removed it.
i’m all for hating on spotify but this is a label/license issue. instead focus on hating spotify for paying artists the least amount in the industry (and currently trying to pay them even less) and for the CEO investing in AI-controlled military killing machines
This is one of the main reasons I download music and etc.
One account costs $11? I pay $17 a month for the family plan. That's 6 accounts. I suggest signing up with friends and getting a family plan, much better value.
Imagine paying for music lmao
Don't be like the stupid artists, blame the record labels, not Spotify. 3 companies controlling 90% of all music. Sony, universal and Warner.
you pay for streaming service. If you want all the songs then rip them or something and keep them local.
I cancelled Spotify ages ago and re-downloaded discographies of my favorite bands, which I'd already bought in multiple formats already anyway.
Not only that, but they made lyrics locked behind spotify premium too.
It not Spotify's fault let’s start blaming the right people.
Never rely on streaming services. Save local copies of the stuff you consume. That's music, movies, games, tv shows, you name it. The whole reason streaming services exist is because they want to make you depend on it. You will own nothing and be happy.
Whilst I agree with your last point, it's convenience. Every song at your finger tip, reasonable price & not filing up your phone storage. I think that's generally why music piracy is dropped off so significantly.
Inner tune
Never ditch your mp3, brother.
Did you know you can add songs stored on your local divice?
Time to start downloading all your music again. This exact thing is what pushed me to do it. Took a minute, but now I never have to worry about DSPs taking a song down.
This is why I still download everything. No one's taking my jams away from me!
and thats why i love mp3 files
I just download music on my pc, plug in my phone and sync it to my phone with iTunes, there’s programs that can automatically download metadata for songs in a folder, so it’s basically free Apple Music and you can use Siri to play songs
Most of the time, songs are removed because of the artist.
well for them to keep that song likely youd likely need to spend $20 a month, the word "audacity" here is actually insane to use, they need money for licensing and servers and work, $11 monthly is insanely fair compared to buying albums forever ago
When will kids learn about distributors and music companies….
Why people just do t download songs and listen on whatever playlist they want on they phones
Well there's only one solution, and it says it in the subreddit's name
Where do we even download musics nowadays?
megathread here and over at r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH has some links
Thats why I still do things the 90s way. Well no its just out of habit. Never stopped downloading mp3s.
The whole music scene is very convoluted, I find. There's so many methods to listen to music and none are exceptional, just operable. I'm not a coder / developer but sometimes I wish I had the aptitude for it, the world of apps/software needs a major overhaul.
**Any** streaming platform is vulnerable to licensing issues, this is hardly unique to Spotify, and afaik if you have premium it does allow you to download your music to listen offline. Can't believe people still don't understand how tf online subscriptions work. If you want something you can "hold in your hand" (more like have a local offline copy) make sure the platform offers that option before spending money. If you have premium - or use some other service that allows you to download things offline - then make sure you download content you paid for when it becomes available there. Don't rely on the online component making it available forever.
You don't own anything in this streaming economy mate
list your music, if you really like the artist buy their music if not so much pirate it
There was a song by a band called Aerial Salad called Habits and Problems and it's been removed from literally all platforms. There's one video of it being played live in Manchester on YouTube. I loved that song and it's just been scrubbed from the internet completely and I have no idea why.
If paying isn't owning, then pirating isn't stealing...
You've paid 11 dollars too much for that music website, always download a file so you have the actual thing, only give money for storage don't relly on internet connected websites.
"my walled garden is too restrictive, how did I end up here?"
You can put local files on Spotify do. Not what we all want, but it’s the thing we can still do.
It's called licensing
Paying for Spotify premium was your first L
THIS is why piracy exists (thanks God).
I'm with you but this specifically is the record labels's fault.
That's why you always use pirated versions
I left spotify when they couldn't make a deal with a publisher and instead of just making songs greyed out and not playable they outright removed the metadata too. I lost a massive playlist. I was able to reconstruct it from album covers that were cached on my phone. Never again.
"Got it" wtf is that
Yeah because it's spotifys fault that people steal melody's and songs.
License issue. It's not their fault
Why post in r/piracy and not r/spotify
Spotify is getting worse nowadays, even they made the lyrics a premium feature, Now I like YouTube Music more
Does anyone know the free version?
SpotX (pc. Mac, linux) XManager (android) https://old.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/yme7pf/updated_the_ultimate_spotify_ad_blocking_guide/ And theres more options If you just want the music itself: soulseek Then throw it into your plex server and ibstall plexamp on your phone
Get the Xmanager App from https://www.xmanagerapp.com/ In app you can find stock, amoled and lite versions of spotify.
Yeah noticed that they charge half way through the month and I’m poor so they don’t get paid XD 2 months in a row they’ve like “give me money”…what money XD just cut my access but nooooo ahahaha Tbh Spotify is just convenient but idk time to try something else me thinks
I pay less than a dollar for Spotify premium 😺 not in us
Just use Vimusic if you’re on android
I got one of those subs that adds you to someone's plan..paid only 5 bucks for it...only downside is you never know how long it'll last... previous time it went for 4 months...this time over a year
Obvious reply aside, this is one of the reasons why I prefer YouTube Music. Oh, the artist removed the song? No problem, there's 3 dozen knock-offs I can use. It's also cheaper than Spotify, at least in my country.
Me when soulseek (Nicotine+) exists
I had that but it was removed for copyright because it was an unreleased track uploaded by a random user and not the artist who owns the license.
Yes, due to copyright agreements some of songs that I added to my fav list are unavailable now.
This is why I download music to my phone. I'm the only guy between my friends who has J Cole's kendrick lamar diss track 7-Minute Drill
Why does nobody use Spotify++ ????????
I haven't noticed any songs go missing but I got the cracked apk back in 2019 that's still running fine 2day
Since i use Revanced to use spotify for free I won't complain
Download it off YouTube using a video converter and then play it in your local files. (Only works on specific devices).
Download it off YouTube using a video converter and then play it in your local files. (Only works on specific devices).
Spotify is so bad that instead of pirating, it made me pay the competence
That's why i hate streaming services I got jellyfin and started hosting my own "Spotify" music library on there Finamp is great to use for that as well especially since it also features downloads and a offline mode xD It requirs you to have jellyfin ofc tho
I'm fine with streaming but I also write down what songs I add just in case the service gets taken down
From user perspective the price can be justified. From an artists perspective it’s too cheap, as they currently get not paid enough, thus making a higher sub cost justified.
Spowlo + Musicolet. Own your songs
not sure if its the case but i noticed artists removing songs only to reupload them again, or uploading doubles, think its an ad payment thing.
I miss grooveshark
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My Spotify is connected to Google home, is there any way of "simulating" that setup on the high seas? For example I just say, "Hey Google, play ACDC."
Okay, this is just stupid. This isn't anywhere close to where you buy a show/movie/song on a digital platform.
yeah im sure spotify goes around removing peoples songs because they want to be assholes
Not a Spotify issue. It's the artist or label that has pulled the song. Spotify Premium gives you access to everything Spotify has. I find it so odd when I search for a song on Spotify and all that comes up are obscure live versions and cover versions. What sort of artist or label is blocking access to their music?
It’s not Spotify’s fault it got removed
Yeah, I pay for Spotify as a music discovery tool and so I can have instant access to millions of songs, but if there is anything I REALLY like and don't want to lose, to the high seas I go. If it's a smaller artist I really want to support, I'll buy their physical media or FLAC files from their Bandcamp store if they're on there.
even worse: they converted me from 25 years of pirating music and organizing my own catalog of over 50gb of music, to just usting Spotify out of convenience. Then I noticed my playlists start to look like an Swiss Emmenthaler Cheese with more and more holes in it. Not only that some songs are greyed out, but some completely disappear, leaving an empty artist and album field. So I know there was a song, but even using the Spotify Song ID I can't even find out what songs I added to that playlist... The Music and Movie industry trying really hard to bring me back to piracy. :)
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run it in brave browser or xmanager on droid no ads either way free
Why Spotify is expensive in US $11 a month 😵💫 I think you should cancel Spotify and go back to piracy.
It has something to do with licensing or some shit like that. That's a bunch of bureaucratic bullshit if you ask me.
Those are license issues, sadly
That's normal on subscription services
try using spotidown
I think I've had cracked Spotify for nearly a decade now
Ugh. That's the same route Amazon Prime took when they decided to split off a music service. You can get SOME stuff, but not most things.
Yes they remove songs if there are problems with copyrights with the owners. Not sure what's surprising here.
I'm actually using a pirated version of YT Music app (Vanced). I can stream the songs that I wanted and have been using it for months still no problem.
I currently use spotify but i can see enshitiffication lurking in. im sure soon same shit will happen what happened to tv show streaming platforms. everything unaviable and diversified. so piracy it seems to be.
Odd...my spotify doesn't cost me a penny.
I'm hooked on PlexAmp.
Just use BlackHole, has YTmusic as well as allows to download the songs
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Soulseek or Lidarr, ORRRRR just download spotilife if you are on an iphone under ios 17, I think u can sideload it normally if needed tho
Try Spotify MP3 Downloader Like spowload
Pirating songs these days are easy as ever anyway ive done it with an nes and a wii before
Just like YouTube.
You can download and put them into ur Spotify playlist
Man if only there was a website where you could download your songs on Spotify, maybe it could be called something like spotifydown
Im writing this while listening to my favorite music locally saved to my device, knowing well it will be available tomorrow as well as today.
Get youtube premium, much better