On: Spotifyd

[bobleeswagger]

You guys still don't own your music?

Laughs in Lidarr

[KMnO4 → bobleeswagger]

Sounds like you don’t own your music either.

[bobleeswagger → KMnO4]

There's only one way to own it. Work smart, not hard.

[ubercow13 → KMnO4]

Neither in some sense do people who own physical media, eg. a CD.

[Godel_unicode → ubercow13]

I’m what sense is that, exactly? I can sell my discs, play them however often and in whatever device I want. I can also rip as many times as I want onto as many computers as I want.

[ubercow13 → Godel_unicode]

In the sense that you own the physical CD but only have a license to use the music on it. Ripping a CD is not legal in many countries including UK and probably the US [1], so do you 'own' the music any more than someone who has pirated it? I guess, in some sense.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripping#Legality

[pdntspa → ubercow13]

The license is meaningless if you hold the physical bits and choose to ignore everything else

[swexbe → pdntspa]

Ownership is a social construct. The leviathan can come and take away your bits at any time.

[bobleeswagger → pdntspa]

Licenses are meaningless, period.

[harry8 → bobleeswagger]

{L,}GPLv{2,3} has corporate lawyers consistently shitting themselves. I derive meaning from this.

[Godel_unicode → harry8]

Then I hate to break it to you but that’s totally not true. It might have PMs or engineers shitting themselves, but the lawyers don’t really care. It’s just not a big deal.

[pdntspa → harry8]

They play that game because they have to. Your average Joe is not going to be sued for ignoring a license.

A law is only as good as its enforcement.

[stavros → bobleeswagger]

As someone who does own his music, but has Spotify for convenience: What OSS app provides a good experience across my Linux desktop and Android mobile?

I rip my own songs, but I want something that's better than Spotify to listen to it. Then again, I listen to music on my Alexa too, so I think it would be hard for something to interface with that.

[bobleeswagger → stavros]

Navidrome should be plenty, but it's just a subsonic server with a simple web front end. You can use any subsonic compliant client for Android, there's plenty.

I had Navidrome hooked up to my Sonos system as a test. Ultimately you are at the mercy of the walled gardens if you choose to use them, some are free-er than others.

[stavros → bobleeswagger]

Thank you, I tried Plexamp and Jellyfin but neither worked well. I'll try Subsonic, that's a very good suggestion, thanks!

[darknavi → bobleeswagger]

Which front end do you use to listen? I am really digging Plex Amp these days.

[abhinickz → darknavi]

I use Jellyfin [0] server on pi with tailscale, So I can access all media anywhere (DLNA also), and I can use DAC for high-res music (Android: USB Audio Player Pro [1]) as well.

[0]: https://jellyfin.org/

[1]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.extreamsd....

[sphars → darknavi]

Navidrome (Subsonic/Airsonic server) with Symfonium Android app.

[bobleeswagger → darknavi]

Subsonic server with play:Sub as a client. Nice and lightweight.

[nvarsj → darknavi]

Plexamp is great. Even has built in EQ so I can use autoeq profiles on iOS etc. Reminds me a lot of Winamp of old.

[anaganisk → darknavi]

If plex amp gets rid of its 1000 songs limit, Im in, too. I am very happy with syncthing+powerAMP setup on android.