What features did Spotify nix?
this post was submitted on 23 Oct 2023
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I think the free version basically removed the ability to pick the exact song you want to play,there was a headline on here a couple days ago like "Spotify reinvents the radio" but in general Redditor fashion, I didn't read past the headline.
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over 50k flac's perfectly sorted with MusicBrainz Picard. So used to it I don't see any inconvenience
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Is there any piece of software that can help a degenerate like me fix my MP3 collection to not be such a fucking messy nightmare? Paid or free doesn't matter to me.
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My personal mp3 collection is quite comprehensive. I use musicolet to play songs at random in the car.
I find that much more rewarding than anything Spotify has to offer.
Spotify always finds a way to play top 40 to me. Oh you like post industrial banging on a trashcan to sawing noises? Check out Taylor's new album.
The hell are you doing on Spotify for it to do that?
Hell, I use my personal account to play songs for my job, which involves a lot of top 40 and Spotify still doesn't recommend that to me
Do yourself a favor and get a record player and some records, vinyl if you can. Then sit down and really listen. Don't do anything else while listening. It pays off, I promise.
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I collect flac wherever i can on my Computer and sync it to my phone with transcode to lossy. I agree tho, a good lossy encode cannot be distinguished from their lossless version. Even less when you dont have the immediate comparison.
Three reasons:
- collectors appeal -> music on the internet comes and goes. Chances are that your file that you downloaded randomly becomes the only one available. having it in best available quality is the icing on the cake.
- generational loss -> the ability to transfer your music to any future media you like without/with minimal loss. Also if you remix/cut/edit stuff it keeps quality high
- killer samples -> given more agressive music, codecs might fail. There are some examples on hydrogenaudio.
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I have the same mp3 I ripped from a cd decades ago that has a bug in one of the tracks, and I love it.
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Still keep a mostly FLAC/some MP3 library that I manage with Musicbee. Never felt the need to pay for Spotify.
I've been using the same off-brand MP3 player for like 15 years now. That thing is indestructible and has better battery life than my phone
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“Pathetic.”
Subscribed to Google Music when it was still a thing for about a year. Found it largely horrible for music discovery, which was surprising to me because prior to it I had discovered music mostly manually (browsing websites, etc.).
I wound up going back to running my own streaming software from my own MP3 catalog and haven't really looked back since.
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The radio is on all the time at my house.
Locally we have 24/7 classical, 24/7 Jazz/Blues, 24/7 bizarre college, 24/7 FUCKYEAHROCK, 24/7 FUCKYEAHOLDERROCK, 24/7 Talk radio, 24/7 HipHop/R&B both old and new school, shortwave, and whats your 20.
And I don't need internet for any of that. that said I do use mp3 (hallelujah and Amen break for that) and youtube for finding this and that.
But all of those stations have shows that I tune in for specific content.
A weekly show about movie soundtracks
A weekly show about young jazz and classical musicians
and all i have to do is mute or change station to escape commercials or pledge drives.
cost to my bandwidth: zero
radio is where it is at still to this day.
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Meanwhile I'm still enjoying my Bandcamp. They give me vinyl records and everything.
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I switched to Qobuz from Spotify. Never going back. Better sound quality, good UX, and they pay artists more than 10x what Spotify pays per stream.
Spotify has been promising better audio quality for years and I just don't think they will deliver.
YES MY PEOPLE
been doing it since 2011 never ever stopped. why would i stop? i never even got the point of spotify, oh cool only the official releases if the contract is currently valid, fun, i love paying so i need internet access anytime i want to listen as well.
in the last few months i've been buying vinyl actually which is even more antiquated and quaint and even more fun, really detailed immersive listening, feeling like you own a piece of the band
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OOTL - What features are being removed?