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I ditched music streaming services and the only thing I miss is discovery
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this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2023
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This is a personal collection of things I find around the internet.
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I’ve thought about doing this and the ease of music discovery is the primary reason I stick with Spotify.
The author says that with a decade of refining their music pallet they know what they want is nauseating. I’ve been at it for 2 whole decades (twice as many!!) and discover new music all the time. Sure I’ll jam to what I have here and there but then it is always back to searching.
I live the idea but it isn’t practical. I’d spend more money buying music than renting.
My wife on the other hand might be okay with 10 albums and a steady drip of lofi.
I've done it for the pride and accomplishment mostly lol I thoroughly like being able to choose what apps I use to access music.
I also bounced around from service to service, so having a nice home base is awesome, and there is a ton of music that wasn't ever able on Spotify that I can now listen to.
Although the process is a bit hands on now, I appreciate looking through YouTube/bandcamp to deliberately listen and discover. The intention behind it really makes it feel more organic than relying on an algorithm/influencer playlists
Google play music was leagues ahead of Spotify in terms of new music discovery, it showed me new things I liked almost every day. Spotify is just like "here's another one of the songs you listened to recently in an unrelated playlist"
I still miss it 😞