Lemmy always downvotes me for saying I don’t want to use a service where I buy specific albums like bandcamp or IRL CDs for self hosting. For me, I only really listen to music when it’s new music discovery through a song-seeded radio station. I want a service that matches the vibe of a song I’m in the mood for and plays similar music.

I don’t want to support Spotify, so I tried Tidal and Qobuz. Both worked well enough, even though they only seemed about 80% as functional and were missing some songs. It was worth it just to avoid giving money to Rogan and drone research.

However, both services silently removed about 10% of my favorites list within the first month. No notification or record of what they removed. I was told this happens because they replaced the song with a different upload, so the old song no longer exists. My favorites list is a curated effort of cataloguing my music taste. Having it get a forgetful memory is unequivocally unacceptable.

People say every service does this, but in the same time frame Spotify dropped 0 songs. I know because I made a list when I transferred. So now I’m back to waiting for a viable alternative to come around.