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Cybarbie Jun 21, 2024

@fribbledom premium? lol wat - ppl pay for yt? snortlaugh

knigge Jun 21, 2024

@nf3xn @fribbledom with Spotify upping prices, yes.

Cybarbie

@knigge @fribbledom you use Spotify? eeew 😀

@nf3xn @knigge @fribbledom streaming music is a very popular way of consumption these days. i'm glad you're making your own informed decisions about this but please don't belittle others for their choices.

prasoon Jun 21, 2024

@dxciBel @nf3xn
Shame happens to be a very effective tool to modify corrupt social behaviour. Spotify has demonstrated time and again that it is a bad-actor. If people are still choosing such platforms, the least we must do is shame them (just like we must shame the artists who choose to play within the discriminatory boundaries set by these platforms).

@prasoon @nf3xn yeah pal you try to be an artist these days without having your music up on spotify see how that works out for ya

prasoon Jun 21, 2024

@dxciBel I'm not at artist so, I'm afraid, I only know second hand that to make a living on spotify one needs to have a few million plays. I don't think small artists thrive there anyway. But, if you say that spotify is the only possible way for an artist to make money, I'll take your word for it.
I'll still retain my right to shame someone prioritising a living over ethical social behaviour, however. If we are really in a hopeless situation, as you point out, all I can do is protest anyway.

@prasoon i never said you'd make money on spotify; you don't. however it has such a huge market share that not making your music available on the service massively hinders your ability to grow as an artist because it's the only way a lot of people consume music these days.

i will also maintain my right to shame people back for being unnecessarily rude under other people's posts.

prasoon Jun 21, 2024

@dxciBel Alright. You'd know best.

@dxciBel
Having your music on spotify is fine, using it hurts artists as well as spreds and funds medical misinformation and fasvism (their pivot to podcasts)
@prasoon @nf3xn

@dxciBel
https://github.com/jmshrv/finamp

@nf3xn @knigge @fribbledom

GitHub - jmshrv/finamp: A Jellyfin music client for mobile

A Jellyfin music client for mobile. Contribute to jmshrv/finamp development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub

@MxSpoon i fail to see the part in my post where i asked for software recommendations.

@dxciBel
You can stream music without throwing money at few share holders

@MxSpoon okay, cool. i'm not gonna do that tho

Peter Hilgenfeld Jun 21, 2024

@MxSpoon @dxciBel
Where do you get the music from? Does that take any extra time from you compared to paying for a streaming service? How do you host your jellyfin server? Does that cost any money or time?

@pethil
From your CDs or few thousand / million of your closest friends (redacted.ch orpheus.network)

compared to what you pay? Unless you make something like 30e/hour it is going to be cheaper.

how do you host? On your home PC for the cost of electricity. IP can be bit of a pain depending on your provider. Alternatively you rent a (virtual) server and pay less than two subscriptions per month.

also, you aren't fueling money to the pockets of few shareholders who are actively destroying the industry and, hopefully, archieving the medium
@dxciBel