Spotify’s first US price hike for Premium is coming next week
Premium has been $9.99 per month in the US since it launched.
Spotify is the last subscription service I still have.
Sailing the high seas for tv/movies is easy for me since I don't really watch that much anyways. Music tho, is huge for me. And as much as I hate algorithms, Spotify's has turned me on to a ton of really good new music.
So, I guess I'm asking here, what's the easiest/most convenient way for an avid music lover to break away from Spotify?
That is a very good question.
As for the algorithm, a lot of the suggestions for new music is probably also available to non-premium users (e.g. "Discover Weekly") and could be scraped/downloaded from the API.
I believe there could be a rise in demand for a solution to migrate away from these audio walled gardens, especially with the upcoming price hike.
I'm in the music scene for my region, and I pay my share to the artists I enjoy, listen to, go and see live.
But as far as general listening, yea I need a better - more free - way of consuming music. I just don't know if there exists a service that lets you listen on demand, recommends similar music, and lets you build playlists/queues on demand.
I guess that's what I'm looking for before cancelling my sub
I haven't been subscribed since I was on a Hulu/Spotify plan with 50% cash back with my old capital one card promo.
Are they not also gonna include hifi/Atmos sound too?
Anyway can give
A try 🫨.
I keep Amazon music installed because the free prime tier isn't so bad....vs nothing.
I did fat finger a subscription one time....canceled right away but it doesn't take affect till the next month.
Totes not predatory on Amazon's part. I'm sure I'm not the only one that's done that once.
This: https://github.com/z-huang/InnerTune
Great interface, uses YouTube Music as backend, no ads. I was seriously tempted to cancel my Tidal subscription and only didn’t because I switch to an iPhone for reasons.
For the recommendations part, the best solution for me was to switch to a scrobbling platform like last.fm.
This way, regardless of what I'm using to listen to music, I can go there for recommendations based on what I listen to.
I use ListenBrainz nowadays as the metadata is so much better at handling edge cases than Last.fm is (e.g. featured artists in the artist tag) and I honestly just use Rate Your Music for recommendations now.
If recommendations are what you want, I'd honestly look at getting an account with Rate Your Music if you haven't already and populating ratings with music you love and hate. Yes, the community can be very snobby and cynical at times and the site is slow-updating, but at the same time I've gotten some great recommendations, both from the community and the site's algorithms, while streaming can be very hit or miss. There's no app, but at the same time your recommendations aren't tied to one streaming service, so you can use any service that fits your needs or sail the seas while still getting good recommendations.
RYM has two algorithms to help you find some interesting music, based on finding highly rated music and your taste in genres and descriptors: there's one that recommends music it thinks you'll like, and another that's the opposite of your music taste, to challenge you to get you out your comfort zone. I have found stuff I've loved in both. Paid supporters (iirc monthly is £2 while a year is roughly £20 depending on currency conversion) do get access to tweaking the algorithm to fit their needs, as well as visual access to the data that fuels your recommendations, but I don't mind paying for it over Spotify/AM. Might be worth having a look.
If you're on Android, search up xManager. It basically lets you install a Premium version of Spotify while having a free account.
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I came here to say the same thing. I've been using it for years and it works perfectly. Unfortunately you can't download though, but that's not I would use Spotify for anyway
It also doesn't let you listen at the highest quality. ReVanced manager can be fed a YouTube Music APK, been using that ever since and its alright
I've been using SpotTube myself
I'm about ready to get rid of Spotify. I've been catching up on Critical Role Podcast and within the past couple weeks I'm hearing ads randomly in the pidcast that breas immersion. I'm already paying for Premium, why TF am I hearing ads?
Are those the baked in ads of the podcast itself? I listen to some that have those, don't think you can get rid of them in any way.
I'm not sure...some of the ads seem like they are the basic ads being played by Spotify and then some are done by the cast of the podcast. If they're baked in, the narrative geniuses are choosing some weird time to put them in!
price hikes bad yes but first increase since they started, and it’s only $1? that’s not bad
Meanwhile, in Canada
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