The original post: /r/piracy by /u/pasquyno on 2025-03-06 07:32:06.
This post serves as a "guide" for those who used to use cracked Spotify and are looking for alternatives after the "ban", some of these are paid while some are totally free, this guide will go from the cheapest way to the most expensive
- Downloading the music (FREE) If you only care about your playlists, you can download your music so you can keep playing it outside of Spotify, to download your music, check this section and this section of FMHY, for each section I prefer lucida and Music_Hunters respectively, although the first is often down. For playing the music, if you're willing to pay for a player (or pirating it ;) ) I recommend Poweramp, it has a lot of options and customizations and is what I personally use, if you don't want to pay, there is musicolet, which I also used for a bit and is pretty good too, but you can also try whatever music player you want, that's the beauty of downloaded music!
- Spotube (FREE) I have never used this option before but I've heard good stuff about it, so there is not much I can say about it
- Switching to a paid subscription (REGIONAL PRICING) (PAID, FROM $0.36 VPN REQUIRED) This is one of the best options for the price, as you get to keep your playlists and the algorithm, to move your playlists from one platform to the other you can use tunemymusic, and, taking into account regional pricing, the cheapest you can get is $0.36 per month using tidal in Argentina
- Getting a ""lifetime"" subscription (PAID) (NOT RECOMMENDED) Some people, called "upgraders", will sell you a lifetime spot in their Spotify family for a fixed price, this option is not recommended unless you need Spotify on your smart devices (such as Amazon echo or Google home) or you can find a cheap offer with a lifetime warranty.
If you have any other options you think are missing, you can leave a comment, I might add it here, depending on what it is