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Spotify will now let free users pick and play tracks | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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[–] parmesancrabs@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I've not seen anyone recommend an alternative like Qobuz in these "fuck spotify" discussions - I think it's a good honest alternative?

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

I use Musify on Android. (From the F-Droid store) It pulls the music off of YouTube and works pretty well. Save playlists,download individual songs, it has recommendations but u didn't know how they work.

[–] HereIAm@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I was looking to try Qobuz, but they didn't like my email domain, so skipped it.

[–] parmesancrabs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

I have a custom domain and they accepted it a couple months ago - maybe give it another shot if it was a while back?

[–] elvis_depresley@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

I switched to Qobuz, it's great!

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Seen the recommendation plenty of times.

Is it better than TIDAL? I'm interested in switching to either of those, perhaps.

[–] parmesancrabs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I only used Tidal a while back during a free trial, so can't comment too much. I think Tidal might have more wide spread functuonality adoption than Qoboz - but they do seem to be pushing out updates to meet feature parity.

Qoboz has been great to use though. I actually find I get a wider spectrum of recommendations than Spotify. Spotify seemed to type cast my current listening habits agressively, and it would take a while to break out of that loop each time.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Cool, thank you!

Any experience with using it in a car system?

[–] parmesancrabs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

Like a caveman, I just plug in and use my phone to control it!

At home I do use an amp thay supports direct play, there's a few companies that support Qobuz in thay way - and self hosted options too. To make use of the fidelity.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I recommend .

Jokes aside, the only reason I use Spotify is for discovery and the vast catalog (primarily the JP music market).
And I havent seen Qobuz be mentioned in any capacity by japanese artists.

[–] parmesancrabs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ah this is an interesting point. I think Qoboz are active in expanding their libraries and they do take requests on site. Do you have any JP recommendations - its not a region I've ever really listened to?

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Japanese are difficult to deal with.
It sure was a process to get them to release on Spotify. Before that they tended to stay on Apple Music.

Examples of artists I liked:
Tokyo Health Club - J-Rap but a bit more lo-fi
-> One of my favs: https://youtu.be/GSRfeUHZZN8
-> Honorable mention: https://youtu.be/ErLSUsqERm8

  • Crazy Beats (Touhou - Eurobeat Remixes)
    -> Just open any of their songs and listen ;)
  • Akatsuki Records (Tohou Remix - All kinds of genre)
    -> Same here
  • Hololive (A group of vTubers that also release music of all kinds of genre)
    -> https://youtu.be/twUFbqyul_M
    -> https://youtu.be/WGgEFoI9MhE
  • Ado (Also very diverse voice and genre selection. But usually more towards pop and pop-rock-like releases)
[–] parmesancrabs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thank you! I'm going to have a listen through these this week - you may have just broadened my horizons!

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

My pleasure :)