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What happened with Anna's Archive Spotify torrent that was supposed to release ? (sh.itjust.works)
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I would like to populate my navidrome server.

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[–] 34 points 5 months ago* (3 children)

https://freetimes.com/music/12-22-25-annas-archive-unveils-massive-300tb-open-access-backup-of-spotify-music-catalog

The nearly 300 terabyte archive is being shared through bulk torrent files, categorized by track popularity to facilitate selective downloading. The sheer size of the dataset means that accessing the archive requires substantial storage capacity and technical knowledge.

https://torrentfreak.com/annas-archive-quietly-releases-millions-of-spotify-tracks-despite-legal-pushback/

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Idk why people are so eager for it, there are barely a few thousand people who can actually download the full torrent, not only that, but the quality they ripped at was cbr 128kpbs mp3s which sounds like shit on any decent pair of headphones.

    There are a ton of Spotify MP3 downloader sites available rn and there's yt-dlp and its clients to make it easier.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    Bruh you're not gonna be able to effortlessly search through the torrent for the albums/tracks you want, there'd be barely any seeders for a torrent this big hence the track you'll be looking for will be only available if someone is seeding it.

    All that work for a cbr 128 kbps MP3 😒 when you can download lossless FLACs from lucida

    Also about the

    Every song known to man

    Is a massive fucking overstatement, Spotify doesn't even have full discographies of popular artists', saying "every song known to man" is crazy, I, have multiple times, faced situations where the song I'm looking for isn't even available on an artist's spotify, but is available on other streaming services, like Deezer or YouTube Music.

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