The reason I gave up on MP3’s and subscribed to Spotify was because Spotify was easy. I’ve been listening “Iron Maiden - Empire of the Clouds” song every day and like a week ago, its removed. This was the last straw for me. Right now I’m trying to find “Stremio” of the music world. Can someone assist?

Key features I’m looking for:

  • Synchronization between devices
  • Offline play
  • Playlist support
  • Both desktop and mobile apps
  • Wide music library (optional if I will upload music)
  • Lyrics (optional)
  • webghost0101@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    I much prefer to download music as flac and keep them local but i have 2 issues.

    Finding new musis is hard because i am rarely exposed to it.

    Music i like tends to be more obscure and harder to find a flac download for.

    Ive started to use Spotify this year for those reasons but i hate it. I would love an alternative.

    • Aux@lemmy.worldEnglish
      53·
      1 year ago

      Spotify is pretty much the only quality tool to learn about new music which fits your taste. Google services tend to disappear after a while, like Google Music did, and the only other option is Apple Music I guess, but I’ve never used it, so not sure.

      I remember the days before Spotify still: downloading gigs of music, only 1% is ok, loads of time wasted. Fuck it, I’ll pay for Spotify and then download what I like for permanent collection. My time is a lot more worth than a subscription fee.

    • small44@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      Warez websites
      Blogs
      Bandcamp daily
      Youtube and twitch feedback channels
      Sorry but it’s easy to discover new music without algorithms

      • webghost0101@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        41·
        1 year ago

        I am glad those work for you but music is very subjective and personal and these wont work for me. and my autistic peculiar tastes

        I literally just managed to build a system so i never need to see the youtube website again. Its what made me wonder if i could do the same for Spotify

    • Nervyalloy5@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      Take a look at Musicroamer
      you type in a favorite artist and it uses the spotify recommendation stuff to find similar artists
      if you find one that sounds nice then you can then create a branch of artist that are similar to them
      (probably a horrible explanation, just mess about with it for a minute and you’ll get an idea how it works)

      I’ve personally used it to find quite a few new favorites since ditching Spotify in favor of a self hosted Navidrome server

      as for FLAC downloads check out Qobuz, which has unlimited DL plans
      alternatively if you would rather sail the seas, search up Firehawk52 for a guide