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https://variety.com/2023/music/news/spotify-raises-us-premium-subscription-price-1235678308/

God damn it, can a streaming service not raise their prices because the competition does?
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Will_VIIII posted...
Apple Music is better, though it's interface is a bit clunkier
They both have pros and cons

Spotify has a lot of obscure music that Apple Music doesnt have

Apples playlist management is terrible, but also allows you to make bigger playlists
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TheGoldenEel posted...
They both have pros and cons

Spotify has a lot of obscure music that Apple Music doesnt have

Apples playlist management is terrible, but also allows you to make bigger playlists
Apple let's you steam in FLAC and they pay artists more.

For the obscure stuff I'd just use the free tier on Spotify and deal with the ads
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There's a feature in Apple Music where you can turn off the vocals in most songs and listen to the instrumental, which is a killer app imo
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totalnerdken posted...
YouTube premium is better anyways.

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totalnerdken posted...
YouTube premium is better anyways.

I looked into it but the process of transferring my playlists is daunting. I did this last year when I switched to Apple and the service I used to do it wasn't perfect
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Are they offering hi res audio yet?

Because fuck them until they do.
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There are countless jpop music videos and utaite songs on YouTube that spotify doesn't have
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What bothers me with YouTube is that I have to switch to a separate profile to use the music section which I've uploaded stuff to over time(back when Google music was a thing before the merge), so I dunno how that works as far as ad free videos since my subscriptions are on a different profile
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because they know morons will keep paying them anyway.
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I've paid for Spotify Premium for so long and I barely use it lmao <_<
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i mean if its too much to subscribe to then cancel your subscription as you will only continue to subscribe if you feel the price is worth it, much like with anything in life
If I'm streaming free. I'll just sit through the ads. /shrug. I'm getting tired of the Snyder man commercials. Its in every ad spot.
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TheGoldenEel posted...
Apples playlist management is terrible, but also allows you to make bigger playlists
I have a 520 hour playlist on Spotify so that seems like an essentially non-existent benefit.
It's hypocritical of me to say, but music has been far, far more beneficial to my fucking day to day work routine than tv so I'm more inclined to just take the hit as opposed to Netflix which is 98% trash.
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CRON posted...
There's a feature in Apple Music where you can turn off the vocals in most songs and listen to the instrumental, which is a killer app imo
Damn, thats a really cool feature. I hope that makes its way to a standard one.
Tenlaar posted...
I have a 520 hour playlist on Spotify so that seems like an essentially non-existent benefit.
Last I used Spotify there was a cap of 10,000 songs on playlists

you can argue whether thats an unnecessarily large amount of music but I like to do things like, make playlists of every song from every artist thats playing a festival Im going to, and I would run into that cap all the time
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just use sirius god damn

full bundle paid annually is like $10/mo, and that includes all major LIVE sports, home and away broadcasts
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BryceYoung posted...
just use sirius god damn

full bundle paid annually is like $10/mo, and that includes all major LIVE sports, home and away broadcasts
I'm surprised they're still around
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Mearcstapa posted...
because they know morons will keep paying them anyway.
Exactly. All the idiots that pay for shit like YT premium are rewarding them for their ad practices.

Soon it will be 20 bucks a month and without it you will get 7 minute, unskippable ads and the seals will clap and cheer about how "a craft beer from my local microbrewery is less than that!"
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BryceYoung posted...
just use sirius god damn

full bundle paid annually is like $10/mo, and that includes all major LIVE sports, home and away broadcasts
yeah instead of using a service where you can listen to full albums, pick exactly what song you want to play, and curate your own playlists, you should use the radio
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Will_VIIII posted...
Apple let's you steam in FLAC and they pay artists more.

For the obscure stuff I'd just use the free tier on Spotify and deal with the ads

Apple Music lets you upload whatever tracks you want so the missing content is only limited to what you haven't uploaded (and the 100,000 song limit). I read Spotify has a similar feature but I think it's limited to just uploading as a playlist, while AM lets you do whatever you want with it.
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The other issue with Apple music is that itunes is incredibly jank on windows, which is why I haven't bothered ever re-uploading anything to it
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what's the main argument behind these raises in prices? i mean, other than "just cause our competition did"...
ai123 posted...
Are they offering hi res audio yet?

Because fuck them until they do.
But they do? I'm not sure how long but it feels like it's been a while since they've offered it.
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Will_VIIII posted...
The other issue with Apple music is that itunes is incredibly jank on windows, which is why I haven't bothered ever re-uploading anything to it
Both the iTunes and web/app interfaces are lacking in separate ways imo

i have to use web/app to make playlists, but the desktop/iTunes to remove songs and reorder them. Its so stupid
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Crayon_Lover posted...
But they do? I'm not sure how long but it feels like it's been a while since they've offered it.
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Very high on Spotify is 320kbps, not lossless like on Apple
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Why Apple music sound different btw? It is not because is in flsc either cuz I cant tell diff between flac and 320 kbps

Apple vs Spotify. Is something other than higher bitrate that make Apple sound better
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Ratchetrockon posted...
Why Apple music sound different btw? It is not because is in flsc either cuz I cant tell diff between flac and 320 kbps

Apple vs Spotify. Is something other than higher bitrate that make Apple sound better
Apple uses .aac files which sound better
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TheGoldenEel posted...
Apple uses .aac files which sound better

Ooh thanks for the info
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Crayon_Lover posted...
But they do? I'm not sure how long but it feels like it's been a while since they've offered it.
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That's just their descriptors, and could mean anything.

Hi res is better than CD quality.
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I hope this leads to the musicians getting better pay
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Will_VIIII posted...
The other issue with Apple music is that itunes is incredibly jank on windows, which is why I haven't bothered ever re-uploading anything to it
There's an Apple Music (preview) app and Cider (third party alternative with more customization) on Windows 10/11 and it works great. iTunes hasn't been relevant in years unless you insist on making local iOS/iPadOS backups to your computer.
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CRON posted...
There's an Apple Music (preview) app and Cider (third party alternative with more customization) on Windows 10/11 and it works great. iTunes hasn't been relevant in years unless you insist on making local iOS/iPadOS backups to your computer.

I'll have to check out Cider. I just got a new laptop a week ago with Windows 11 and was using the Apple Music preview version but it's crashed on me a few times.
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PeteyParker posted...
I'll have to check out Cider. I just got a new laptop a week ago with Windows 11 and was using the Apple Music preview version but it's crashed on me a few times.
The only issue is Cider costs $3 or $4 iirc. Easily worth the money though. Has a very customizable UI, supports features like animated/ambient album artwork and has an extensive EQ. There's even user-made plugins you can use to tweak things.
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CRON posted...
The only issue is Cider costs $3 or $4 iirc. Easily worth the money though. Has a very customizable UI, supports features like animated/ambient album artwork and has an extensive EQ. There's even user-made plugins you can use to tweak things.

I dont mind if its worth it. Thanks for the info!
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If it's a 1 time fee I'm good with that
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Because the lemmings will pay it.

If you want to stream your music, its IMO more cost effective to buy it, rip it, and host it on Jellyfin, then use Finamp. Or Plex and Plexamp.

If you have really obscure stuff like video game extracted music that most stuff cant play, foobar2000 can, and it has a server if you have the know how to set it up.

Fuck Spotify, they dont even offer lossless music, which makes them a joke.
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CRON posted...
There's an Apple Music (preview) app and Cider (third party alternative with more customization) on Windows 10/11 and it works great. iTunes hasn't been relevant in years unless you insist on making local iOS/iPadOS backups to your computer.
Apple Music Preview uses the web-style view/controls and doesnt have the playlist sorting capabilities of iTunes
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TheGoldenEel posted...
Apple Music Preview uses the web-style view/controls and doesnt have the playlist sorting capabilities of iTunes
Try Cider then. I've never had any issues with it, even on Linux.
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ZevLoveDOOM posted...
what's the main argument behind these raises in prices? i mean, other than "just cause our competition did"...

They don't need an excuse. It's a calculation that people will pay the increased cost.
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PraetorXyn posted...
Because the lemmings will pay it.

If you want to stream your music, its IMO more cost effective to buy it, rip it, and host it on Jellyfin, then use Finamp. Or Plex and Plexamp.

If you have really obscure stuff like video game extracted music that most stuff cant play, foobar2000 can, and it has a server if you have the know how to set it up.

Fuck Spotify, they dont even offer lossless music, which makes them a joke.
Subscribing sounds cheaper. Buying all the music would cost a lot and then theres be the time spent doing that other stuff.

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Will_VIIII posted...
Apple let's you steam in FLAC and they pay artists more.

For the obscure stuff I'd just use the free tier on Spotify and deal with the ads

Spotify's handover from device to device is superior to any music streaming service rn, not to mention nothing beats its recommendations algorithm and UI atm.

If we're talking about artist payment Qobuz and Tidal have them both beat, and matches Apple Music in quality.
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uwnim posted...
Subscribing sounds cheaper. Buying all the music would cost a lot and then theres be the time spent doing that other stuff.
Maybe for you. A year of Spotify Premium is $132. I dont spend anywhere near that much buying music in a year.
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Trumpo posted...
Lol I use Spotify on a browser with ublock

Spotify has essentially made the free account useless, even if you are blocking the ads. You can only listen to everything on shuffle with limited ability to skip songs and even though you can make playlists, if you don't have at least 15 tracks on them, they automatically put music you don't want on there to make it 15 tracks. Maybe that's fine for some people but definitely not for me.
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