AshCircuitOct 1, 2025

Is anyone NOT steaming their Music?

https://lemmy.zip/post/50008891

Is anyone NOT steaming their Music? - Lemmy.zip

What’s the deal? Are people just going to continue to pay a never-ending rising cost of streaming? Surely this model can’t keep up, and I highly doubt people are listening to essentially the diverse catalog of music for that price. I’m willing to bet most people listen to the equivalent of a couple CDs in a month. Are you guys just gonna keep paying for YouTube music as the price tops to $30 a month? Seems like every week these clowns are raising their prices.

Show threadremonOct 1, 2025
I am streaming my music, but from my own server at home.
Show threadthemeatbridge
What’s your preferred client? I switched from plexamp to fintunes, but I really hate the app and the lack of functionality.
Oct 1, 2025 at 2:09pmWeb
Show threadremonOct 1, 2025
Plexamp. It does everything I want flawlessly, so I really have no desire to switch.
Show threadthemeatbridgeOct 1, 2025
Yeah, I just switched to Jellyfin because of the Plex updates to their accounts, but I miss Plexamp. I considered running both Jellyfin and Plex just for plexamp, but I’m wary that they might eventually paywall remote audio streaming, too.
Show threadremonOct 1, 2025
Oh, I didn’t even realise music was exempt from those changes. I’m sure glad I got the lifetime pass when it was cheap.
Show threadmiss_demeanourOct 1, 2025
I’ve been using mpd (Music Player Daemon), originally with icecast bc it didn’t have built-in http streaming, but it has for a long time now, 10+ years.
Show threadcRazi_manOct 1, 2025

Jellyfin + Symfonium is such a great experience

Jellyfin has pretty good Linux PC clients too. Even the main Jellyfin client works well for music.

My music taste is pretty narrow and my music library is small (<800 songs). I wouldn’t ever pay for streaming.

Show threadthemeatbridgeOct 1, 2025
Thanks!