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Spotify is now gatekeeping new music to Premium subscribers, but the blame lies elsewhere (Updated) (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 4 days ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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[–] ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Would this be bypassable with Spicetify?

[–] Samiaouuu@jlai.lu 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)

It is bypassable by not using Spotify, there are better services (even for free)

[–] greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

A list might be helpful in a comment like this.

[–] Samiaouuu@jlai.lu 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Sorry you're right 😭

It's a piracy sub so I suggest

  • monochrome.tf (open source), it takes its music from legal services so whatever you're listening on Spotify is probably on it. There are mobile apps. It's basically a premium service for free without data stealing. You can rip songs and keep .flac files if you want. The dream, but as it's unofficial it might be a bit less reliable.

For more trad legal alternatives, there are :

  • Deezer ; basically french Spotify with way better sound quality, there's also a free version which is less restrictive than Spotify's.
  • YouTube Music ; nice but the quality is terrible.
  • Qobuz ; the best (still french) but more expensive, you can also buy drm-free music and keep .flac files.

The others are more or less the same, still better than Spotify which is a ripoff at this point.

You should really try Monochrome, and Qobuz if you have the budget (~15€ I think?) :)

[–] greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago

I wanted to like deezer but it just wasn't my thing. I'll have to check that out though

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 0 points 3 days ago

YouTube Music with a self-sovereign/selfhosted frontend.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago

Probably not as it's at the account level.