I am surprised that people know what amazon music is.
“Loved” and “included with Prime” aren’t necessarily the same.
this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2024
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I thought Amazon Music was a small up-charge on top of prime?
The Unlimited tier is extra but the regular tier is included
I honestly kinda did to, but I double checked here in Canada and it’s included. Search results did have me think that it may vary though in other regions.
I did take one for the team here and log in. It looks like it’s included, but there’s also a premium for $12 making me think you gotta pay to make it comparable to Apple/Spotify.
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Been happy buying music from Bandcamp and not having a subscription. Didn't even make it onto the chart :(
Paying for Amazon Music and using Amazon Music are two different things.
Meanwhile, Deezer is completely unknown. No one in the comments even mentioned it. RIP.
No one's mentioned Qobuz either. It's like Spotify+iTunes except lossless.
I like Deezer. I've been using it and telling people about it since Spotify was insistent about being focused on chasing a politically charged content (over) investment instead of delivering quality, behavior driven content based on their algo.
The redesign is terrible...
But Deezer is great! I have been using it for years now, it's missing a couple of songs here and there but the ability to import MP3s makes up for it.
Deezer nuts
ikr. Deezer can't be that unknown. Right?
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Where's "directory full of FLACs bought from Bandcamp and ripped from CDs"?
Directory full of flacs from alt.bin.lossless and what.cd here.
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I'm a huge fan of Tidal. Musicians actually get paid more, probably because they're not wasting money on exclusive podcasts.
I liked tidal, until they doubled my subscription cost.
Did that happen when they rolled out HiFi for everyone? They actually lowered my HiFi family plan cost at that time, which was unexpected.
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What percentage of us love pirating music and putting it on Plex?
too much fucking hassle.
Honestly, I think this is the biggest reason that music subscriptions are popular.
Nobody cares enough to curate their own music collection anymore, even if it's entirely legal, it's just too much damn work for most people.
Unless you have a special interest in music, eg, audiophiles, then it doesn't matter enough to spend any time on it. As long as you can listen to what you want, when you want, who cares?
Yep, I have a plex server, ihave radarr, sonarr setup, there is probably a same software for music or something similar that would let me get music easily, but I just don't care, spotify discover weekly has been serving me well, we are 4 people paying into a family plan so it's less than 3 euros a month.
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No love for Deezer? It's a streaming service that doesn't shove algorithms down your throat...
I got YouTube music and YouTube premium because I needed more Google drive storage.
Loved isn't the word I would use.
It's adequate for day to day background noise that isn't ad-filled garbage and music I hate.
+1, I only have a yt music sub because it's grandfathered in with my yt premium subscription and extra drive storage. YT music recommendations are mildly terrible compared to Spotify, but I'm not throwing $15/mo at Spotify when I only use it a few times a year.
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"Confused Jellyfin / Subsonic noises"
You know why I choose Amazon Music.? Because it allows me to purchase songs I like and then I can download them to my computer separate from their player. You can't do that with Spotify. Of course recently I found songs on Amazon that are not available forsale which pisses me off, so if anyone knows a place I get those songs I would appreciate it.
Not that I want to pirate but if you don't allow me ownership of the digital content then it's what I am going do.
Wouldn't you know it, there's a wikipedia article for that. I personally have used 7digital and bandcamp, but qobuz has been mentioned several times in other comments and hdtracks seems like it might work after you create an account.
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Just pirate, it's better than paying these companies to rip off artists. Support your favourite artists directly, streams are basically worthless compared to other forms of income like merch.
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Spotify fucks over artists, stop using it.
The entire music industry fucks over artists lmfao
Honest question: what alternative doesn't screw over artists?
I've been canceling streaming services for TV might as well cancel Spotify but what I have no idea what to use for music in its place.
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I am surprised that people know what amazon music is.
I didn't until this moment. lol
You can say, "alexa, play classic punk" and suddenly you are using Amazon Music.
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Where ever you listen to your music, in most cases you can hook it up with ListenBrainz, to save your listening data on a FOSS alternative for Last.fm. And to get all sorts of beneficial features, like for instance recommendations that are truly independent, and getting updates on new releases.
Would've liked to see what percentage have none.
I'm still buying CDs to rip and having my music library as MP3s on my phone. No internet connection required, I have total control of the files, and a physical backup if needed.
I'm in the 23% on the American side of the chart that uses Pandora. I don't see any reason to switch. I've been working on it knowing my preferences for like 20 years now.
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Honest question, why should I be paying for a music streaming app when I already have YouTube premium? Also, does no one use Pandora anymore? I still use it occasionally.
why should I be paying for a music streaming app when I already have YouTube premium?
You mean because that subscription includes premium YouTube Music?
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Soundcloud + Bandcamp and a 3rd party client like Newpipe is the only valid option for me.
Downloading music and playing it offline is better than streaming low quality audio on a subscription.
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