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The offer to pay more for the same finally pushed me to cancel Apple Music. What is a good alternative that's not loaded with ads? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by TheGoldenV@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I’ve had an Apple Music subscription for years and use it A LOT. I tried some alternatives (Tidal, Sirius, and maybe one other?) and wasn’t super happy with the options.

Is there a service that people recommend that is good, like $10/month or less, maybe gives better pay to artists? I’d like to spend on a better company if possible too. If Apple has enough money to buy gold trinkets for elected officials they probably don’t need more from me.

Edit: Thanks for all the responses. Some good ideas for sure. Gonna start with qobuz and band camp. Cheers!

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[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 months ago

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[–] themaninblack@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Apple Music is actually such shit. Echoes of iTunes in a way.

I have been on the free trial for three months and, although I can find everything I want, and I can’t notice the difference in sound quality, even as a former live sound guy, I have gripes:

The web app is buggy. I’ll hit play and it doesn’t seem to immediately register. Sometimes it flashes play/pause a couple of times.

Search is garbage in that it sometimes shows things I’ve listened to before, sometimes not.

I have been listening to a podcast. I cannot specify a date range and need to keep. Scrolling. Back in time. Twenty times. Before I can find the episode bell that I’m up to. Because each page of results is like 20 podcasts.

There are penalty of reasons to dislike Apple Music. These are just a few. I’m would never normally drag a company but this is shockingly bad for a company based on the idea that the customer is right.

There was even an you outage a couple of days ago.

I’m cancelling before my free trial ends because it really is bad. I recommend you never sign up.

[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

YouTube. Then send 5$ to the artist.

[–] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

I use music.youtube.com. I do not download the app to my phone or PC. I use it with firefox and add blocker on PC and use it with brave browser on my phone. You can also upload your own music library to it. So all my CDs were converted to digital files and I uploaded it.

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Genuine question, not trolling you.

Is there a reason owning one's own music is so unthinkable these days? I BUY my music, I own my music. I stream it anywhere I like from my own Plex server. If I had it to do over again I'd use Jellyfin instead. A tiny mini PC with some storage, some easy setup, and you never pay monthly for access to music again?

My main source for buying music is BandCamp.

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[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The best answer is self-hosted/private music libraries but a less cumbersome option is Youtube Music. Premium gets you ad-free Youtube and YouTube music. I think is the best bang for your buck at the current moment outside self-hosted, private music libraries.

I know a lot of people are going to dislike this answer, but 🤷. I do still have my 2010 iPod Classic with my OG iTunes library on it.

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[–] Hueristic_Autistic@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I use Spotify or torrent albums. I'll buy an album every now and then to support the people I listen to but I mainly just download discographies. Donald Fagen is still singing IGY with or without my money.

[–] dil@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 months ago

Im getting more into backing up my stuff, songshift lets you transfer playlists, it mostly works, apple music does have some exclusive stuff that I would miss so I stay. Like live sets mixed for apple music. (Edm artists mostly)

[–] Tiral@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Gonna be honest ...you want a cheaper service that pays artists better, those two things don't connect.

On a side note I just use morphine to get free YouTube and YouTube music premium. I don't pay for them because I refuse to pay $15 or whatever when someone in india is paying $1.25. Either their fucking you by charging way to much, or I'm paying for someone else who can't afford it to have it. Either way I'm not paying.

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[–] WildPalmTree@lemmy.world -5 points 3 months ago (4 children)

YouTube Premium. No more YouTube adds.

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