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I've spent a lot of time looking for decent open source alternatives to these platforms. Most alternatives tend to be somewhat buggy or barely work often (In my personal experience.) Can anyone suggest any alternatives they have had a good experience with and use actively?

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've tried all streaming platforms on and off over the years. I've always returned to DRM-free methods (if you know what I mean). I currently self-host Navidrome. Not the best for discovery though, for that, maybe try InnerTune.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Just like to say thanks again for the suggestion. Been using my Navidrome (+ Metube) instance for a couple hours with Subtracks client & it's prefect!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

navidrome looks awesome (including all the amazing third party client options), never heard of it before. Deffo will try!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This might sound stupid but CDs. I buy CDs and rip them to FLAC to listen with Strawberry Music Player or Jellyfin.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This is the way

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

If I were to ditch Spotify, I guess I would go back to mp3s.

[–] nekothegamer 4 points 1 year ago

An option is FunkWhale, but most instances don't allow copyrighted music so most (if not a lot) of famous and music artists in general aren't available there

unless, of course, you host your own instance, since it's self-hostable and decentralized too

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Bandcamp isn't open source but pretty fair IMO and you can stream via Newpipe or Kodi plugin. It is not a direct alternative but good enough. Using Newpipe you can also access everything on Youtube Music.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

In an ideal world I'd continue to use my self hosted Navidrome setup but acquiring new music and keeping my library organised is time consuming regardless if how much amazing automated software is out there.

I mostly stick to Innertune at the moment and will probably be fully converted once they add support for YouTube Music login.