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‘Death to Spotify’: the DIY movement to get artists and fans to quit the music app
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 12 Oct 2025
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for anyone this inspires to make the jump, i recommend Tidal and Bandcamp.
They is also Mirlo which plan to federate
Link please ?
mirlo.space
Never even heard of Mirlo until now. Neat! Thank you for shining a light on it.
Nice.
Throwing out Stingray for people who often just need background music. Radio like music channels.
👀
Looking at tidal, there doesn't appear to be a way to search for music? Am I losing it?
Edit: you have to login first. Honestly, bad first impression already.
Spotify doesn't even let you into the app without logging in
I was on desktop not app, where Spotify will let you search its catalogue without login.
I set up a Funkwhale but tbh it is feature-poor
Which would you suggest as a selfhost alternative ?
Funkwhale needs in app donations to artist moving from a platform that pay little to a platform paying nothing makes no sense
Become a developer & contribute code
I was literally one day away from jumping onto Tidal, but then they dropped Plex integration. 😕