I have got to admit I canned Spotify subs years ago - but how are they managing to grow their subscriber base whn it is now going to be £11.99 in the UK? That is way, way too high for what it offers…

https://www.gbnews.com/tech/spotify-price-rise

  • Psythik@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    There is a ReVanced version of Spotify, for people who didn’t already know. Block ads and get premium features for free: https://revanced.app/

    (There’s also YT Music ReVanced)

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            6 minutes ago

            How is having any song you want being one search away less convenient than having to curate and organize a music collection, and then go digging though folders to find the song you want?

            Look, I’ve been collecting music since 1998 and even I admit that streaming is a lot more convenient. Only reason why I still collect music is because I am a DJ and don’t always have a reliable wifi or data connection at every gig. But even then I’ve culled the vast majority of 50k+ tunes down to about a 1000 of the best and most popular on the dance floor. Then swap songs in and out as needed. The modern era makes it easy to re-obtain a deleted track, and often in higher quality than I originally ripped it at (I use a spectrum analyzer on my collection to verify).

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      20 hours ago

      I heard the ReVanced patching stopped working recently. Is that not the case anymore?

    • rustyricotta@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      22 hours ago

      I used that for the longest time, but lately it stops working several days after I update it. I’m glad though, as now I have Navidrome set up.