I see. Good to know. Is there a decent way to block ads on Spotify completely? Either on mobile or desktop.

Why does your comment sound like a jolly accordion?

How does one go about that activity?

So you're telling me to keep using Spotify but to also start buying some of the artists' stuff sometimes?

Yes, but how? Keep in mind, I know nothing about computers, and rather little about the practice. I've downloaded a few pdfs, and I have a site that I use to watch a couple shows, but that's it.

Libraries typically have CDs too, which you can rip.

FUCK! I switched from spotify to Tidal... Any other paid app you can recommend that isn't supporting a genocide and generally less shitty to artists, and like everyone?

EDIT: Qobuz seems to be recommended, gonna have a look... or maybe do some light sailing... really don't want to go back to doing fucking interviews for what.cd (now-defunct) and spend hours organising shit.

My friend told me to use Newpipe to download my music onto my phone. Had to watch a 45 second tiktok ad to download one song. Does it not normally have ads?

or just fmhy.net in short

What app is that?

@FerretyFever0@fedia.io

There are literally thousands of free streaming radio stations on the Internet. This is a good place to start. Many have no ads, even.

ETA: That site I linked seems to be having problems ATM. This app for Android will get you going straight away. Hasn't been updated in a couple years, but still works great, and even has a record function.

Except ClearChannel has taken over a massive number of stations

I don't think that most radio stations play much of what I listen to. My playlist is 7000 songs. I'm trying to sacrifice as little of it as I can.

80 underground is soo nice too, love soma

Fantastic recommendation. Thanks!

SomaFM has been up a remarkable number of years, more or less in its current format. It's not everyone's jam, but props to them to keep a good thing going.

You guys must be new to online music scene...

Your comment was wholesome until this part.

Radio Paradise is the best! I even throw a few dollars their way every month to keep it going.

I post a lot of bandcamp links on !gothindustrial@lemmy.world, but apparently bandcamp got bought out and will inevitably go down the road of enshittification.

This is cool. Not avilable in Drumpf land though.

Waaah, we don't have this. We have Hoopla music but the catalog looks so random. Somehow the freaking Lakeland library system has that but not Hillsborough? I will ask them I guess. I keep the YouTube music because the family plan is ok and the kids & husband use the videos, and their catalog is deep and interface getting better.

Op said free, also hosting your own server isn't something everyone has the knowledge, time, and resources to do.

This is the way.

Not to be a party pooper but piracy too is run by the devil. You dont notice it because its more hidden that the fuckfaces at google, meta, amazon etc but its still run by mobsters and people like (but not specifically) andrew tate.

Piracy groups dont do and release things just for fun you know :p Source: ive dug a bit too deep into console piracy scenes since gamecube-days. Its all ran by one fuckface : Max 'MAXiMiLiEN' Louarn.
The fuckwad has ran off with millions in tool sales, ad revenue, and downloads while he gives 0 shits about bricking your consoles. If apple or whoever is bad for such practice's, he is too.

And thats just console piracy stuff, im sure movies, series and music is the same thing, or worse