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Alternative to Spotify - Linux client? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 day ago by gigachad@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@programming.dev

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I think about switching from Spotify for a longer time now, but with the recent ICE ads I want to be in solidarity with the people in the US and kick Spotify out.

Now I checked the Quboz app and I am in a test month with Tidal right now - so far Tidal is great on my mobile. However I also need a client for Linux!

I am using spotify-client on Linux Mint and works flawlessly. I know its development is not the main goal of Spotify engineers, but it just works.

Now for Tidal and Quboz it seems to be problematic - only Electron apps without HiFi sound because the chromium engine throttles the quality. How am I supposed to switch from Spotify if I can't use the alternative on Linux? Any advices/experiences?

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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (10 children)

You think a dedicated app is going to use less RAM than a browser window?

RAM is only expensive if you're dumb enough to buy a modern Mac.

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 0 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Uh... yes?

Spotify memory usage: 450MB

Rhythmbox memory usage: 95MB

A browser is one of the most complicated applications commonly running on a computer; its code is massive before you load in the mountains of javascript. Also that is measured by RSS - the difference is even starker when you bear in mind that of the 50MB that rhythmbox might be sharing with other processes, most of it probably is being, because a lot will be graphical toolkits used by other programs. Spotify has a smaller fraction, at about 130MB, and god knows what it's pulling in and is able to share with e.g. the main browser process.

RAM is only not expensive in desktops. In laptops, getting more RAM almost always means getting a higher-tier laptop in other ways which adds a lot to the price.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org -1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (8 children)

Spotify is not a browser, it's an app.

In laptops, getting more RAM almost always means getting a higher-tier laptop in other ways which adds a lot to the price.

That's only true if you buy soldered RAM. Don't do that.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It for a fact uses CEF: https://www.spotify.com/us/opensource/

Chromium Embedded Framework literally describes itself as follows on its Git repos: "Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF). A simple framework for embedding Chromium-based browsers in other applications."

The Spotify "app" is mostly just web app code running on top of a single page Chromium instance, meaning for the most part, it isn't truly native.

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

And takes more resources than a tab because it doesn't share them, it has its own copy.

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