Good
Free
Not run by the devil
Pick 2. Actually maybe 1 if you're lucky.
As others have said the high sails are your best bet.
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I see. Good to know. Is there a decent way to block ads on Spotify completely? Either on mobile or desktop.
Just use the web version on Firefox with ublock origin. Been using the free version for years. You'll get a few seconds of dead air now and then as a few ads cycle through without playing, but it's far from the full length that the ad break is supposed to be.
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You can throw some money at artists periodically, some random $10 donation to whatever their fan site or on merch will probably net them more than a lifetime of listening to their stuff on Spotify, since streaming revenues add up to roughly five atoms of currency per stream or so.
Why does your comment sound like a jolly accordion?
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How does one go about that activity?
There's a comm on lemmy.dbzer0.com. Alternatively, google FMHY. When I bailed from Spotify, I just used SpotDL to download all my music a playlist at a time. Worked fine, but might be a bit beyond your skill level to set that up.
Looks like it. I should probably start learning a bit about this sort of thing.
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There are many ways to capture a stream
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Yo, ho, haul together,
HOIST THE COLORS HIGH! 🏴☠️
Yes, but how? Keep in mind, I know nothing about computers, and rather little about the practice. I've downloaded a few pdfs, and I have a site that I use to watch a couple shows, but that's it.
Soulseek comes to mind, which is still active and pretty easy to use.
radio
and it comes with free radio waves
its got ads but you don't have to pay for them in bandwidth; the radio station pays for them.
get a radio
@FerretyFever0@fedia.io
There are literally thousands of free streaming radio stations on the Internet. This is a good place to start. Many have no ads, even.
ETA: That site I linked seems to be having problems ATM. This app for Android will get you going straight away. Hasn't been updated in a couple years, but still works great, and even has a record function.
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I don't think that most radio stations play much of what I listen to. My playlist is 7000 songs. I'm trying to sacrifice as little of it as I can.
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Buy on bandcamp and buy cds to rip them. Then host your own plex/jellyfin/subsonic server.
I mean, that's cool but OP even wrote the "free" part in capitals. Not saying it is realistic to ask for that but it's pretty clear they don't want to pay.
Yup my bad, didn't have my coffee yet :)
Op said free, also hosting your own server isn't something everyone has the knowledge, time, and resources to do.
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I can't believe no one has mentioned Radio Paradise. Good music. Free app on Android / iOS.
Also: SomaFM. Same as above: free, good content, not managed by the devil.
Notable mention: Kexp, The Current
You guys must be new to online music scene...
Your comment was wholesome until this part.
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SomaFM has been up a remarkable number of years, more or less in its current format. It's not everyone's jam, but props to them to keep a good thing going.
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the Hoopla app is available for free through public libraries. you can download 15 items (music, movies, books) each month for a week at a time
Libraries typically have CDs too, which you can rip.
Start stocking up on CDs and ripping them to FLAC yourself, and self-host those rips on an MPD server. Free streaming from a server you own and control the content on.
Youtube
- Is free
Use uBlock on desktop and NewPipe on android to remove ads
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Did you know you can play music without a service?
Get music, press play. Amazing!
Been doing it for decades
Free and ad-free music streaming (even with some limited local downloads!) supported through many public libraries:
Create your account with your public library card and gain access to all the music unlimited ad-free streaming. I also get 5 free downloads of songs a week for local storage, but I don't know if that varies by library. There is a web client and the Android app is pretty decent too.
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soma.fm I've discovered a lot of cool artists. Love the groove salad channel.
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I usually just use YouTube
isn't run by the devil
Shazam app with youtube.com plus ezmp3.cc
Long answer:
Cloud infrastructure is expensive. You won't find any free streaming platform.
The best route is to manage your own Playlist manually.
Workflow:
Interesting music playing on radio/party
-‐> shazam to know title and artist
-‐> search youtube.com for that title and artist
--> copy url of video that best matches
--> paste url on ezmp3.cc for converting to audio
--> await conversion, download generated audio
--> Use a smart-mp3-tags app to add tags and album art automatically
Prons:
- until now, i've paid $0 for music I listen to. Evil bastard, I know. I, however, have bought poweramp for $5. Best purchase yet.
- you will find any music this way no matter how niche and weird it is. Unlike surfing the pirate ship
- bonus: you most definitely will find your favorite audiobooks.
Cons:
- no music discovery features. Which is truly the only downside you can't replace.
- no backup in case of device loss, so you better make copies manually
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