Spotify. It’s the only paid streaming service I’ve ever used.
We’ll see what YouTube is going to do with their war against adblockers but if it gets too inconvenient to use I’ll probably get the premium. I get so much value from that site that I almost feel bad for using it for free.
The only streaming service subscription I pay for is Dropout.tv.
I get Netflix for free. I get HBO Max for free. I used to get Spotify for free but gave up my spot in the family plan as I don’t use it often enough. I can’t tell you the last time I’ve used Netflix or HBO Max.
I replaced Audible with Audiobookshelf, and replaced Crunchyroll & Hulu with Plex + automations. No replacement for Spotify yet, I can use YouTube ReVanced to listen to a YouTube playlist while driving.
Just Spotify, they haven’t ruined their service yet. I will never be one of those boomers who manually download all their mp3s and think normal people want to transfer files around between devices.
Not all boomers who manually download mp3s transfer them around. I’m one of those “boomers” (I’m in my 30s) that download their mp3s because I like to own my stuff. I then stream it to my devices using a selfhosted media server without transferring anything.
Yeah, (wild estimation) 0.5% of boomers worked in various fields of computer science and were absolutely brilliant with what they accomplished. They built the foundations of everything that we used today, and enabled us to work at levels of abstraction that make our lives way easier.
But still, the average boomer needs to call their grandkids over to switch their TV from HDMI 1 to HDMI 2. I’m being a little bit hyperbolic, but the boomers who didn’t work in tech spent most of their adult lives with virtually no exposure to the computing metaphors that younger generations understand implicitly.
The difference between them and younger generations is that the average millennial grew up using computers, and so the average millennial had vastly better computer literacy.
Spotify. It is the only subscription I have aside from my VPN, and mostly because their library is MASSIVE.
With how much I drive I’m constantly listening to the damn thing and being able to pick a genre and let it shuffle without thinking about it is 1000% worth the ten bucks a month to not be constantly picking songs, downloading them, sorting and transferring the library to my phone, maintaining storage space, etc…
Sure. I could. But you misunderstand my point. As Gaben said, piracy is a service problem, not a cost problem. Spotify’s service is clean and very nice to use, add on the available library and it makes it very worth my time to pay for and support it.
Hell yeah. I’ll pay a reasonable price for a service with lots of stuff on it if it’s reliable and has a great UI. I’ve considered Spotify, even though I have my beautiful flac collection. It’d be nice not to have to worry about converting them to my phone so I can listen in my car.
Never pay for an inferior experience, but for £2.50 a month the experience of using Spotify instead of having to manually find, download, synchronise, and manage a music library is worth it for me.
Not being able to listen to everything I want makes it inferior. I’m also fundamentally against paying money for things that don’t actually pass that money on to the people who deserve it (in this case, the artists). If I spend money on music I just buy the album directly from the artist.
None. It’s stupid to have to pay monthly for access to someone else’s content collection when I used to be able to buy content for life and build my own collection, so now I either stream things for free on unofficial sites or download them via unofficial sources. I’ll still buy CDs and DVDs occasionally but streaming is bullshit and I’m not playing along.
Most of my media consumption is gaming. I’ll happily pay for games, but not for subscription based games, cloud based games, or game library subscriptions like Gamepass. I want to keep what I buy. This “you will own nothing and be happy” future is a dreadful one.
“piracy is a service issue” - if a product doesn’t cost much and saves you time/effort then it can be worth paying a little versus essentially paying yourself less than minimum wage if it’s hard to pirate (depends how valuable your time is though!)
I’m currently using Proton Suite.
Proton pass (password manager) was just released and doesn’t work for me for whatever reason but everything else is top notch 👌🏼
Would highly recommend
For password manager, I swear by Bitwarden. It’s open source, has a self hosted option, and 100% usable for free. They have a very cheap subscription option for some not too vital features (most particularly support for using Bitwarden as your TOTP app and encrypted file sharing).
I use the whole proton suite and love it so much. If you didn’t know, depending on your subscription you also have access to premium features on SimpleLogin
I’ve tried them all, but I’ve settled on family subscriptions of Spotify and Youtube Premium, and an amazon prime account that is only used for shipping.
I guess technically I have Plex Pass, but I bought a lifetime pass 10 years ago.
Besides promoting Joe Rogan during the height of the pandemic when he was on a real stream of misinformation about COVID? Yeah it’s mostly how they treat artists they’re just like YouTube (and Tidal for that matter) where they claim to care about artists but there’s no way anyone but the top 1% is actually making living wage money from streaming. I just use Tidal cause pirating music took up too much storage for me and it makes music discovery a little more convenient.
True, but if some people don’t pirate just for free stuff, they do because the paid alternatives are either non existent or of poor quality.
Spotify gives you a really huge library of music to stream with easy to use good quality apps across pretty much everything all without the need of juggling dozens of other subscriptions and jumping through hoops for regional access etc
I pay for the only streaming related site worth it’s money and that’s Real Debrid (or any of the equivalent alternatives). Stremio + Torrentio Addon to friends and family even if they don’t know shit about technology cause it’s so damn easy and fast.
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Spotify. It’s the only paid streaming service I’ve ever used.
We’ll see what YouTube is going to do with their war against adblockers but if it gets too inconvenient to use I’ll probably get the premium. I get so much value from that site that I almost feel bad for using it for free.
Alldebrid
The only streaming service subscription I pay for is Dropout.tv.
I get Netflix for free. I get HBO Max for free. I used to get Spotify for free but gave up my spot in the family plan as I don’t use it often enough. I can’t tell you the last time I’ve used Netflix or HBO Max.
I replaced Audible with Audiobookshelf, and replaced Crunchyroll & Hulu with Plex + automations. No replacement for Spotify yet, I can use YouTube ReVanced to listen to a YouTube playlist while driving.
YouTube music ReVanced exist. I also use xManager for Spotify.
Just Spotify, they haven’t ruined their service yet. I will never be one of those boomers who manually download all their mp3s and think normal people want to transfer files around between devices.
I take it as a personal insult, and wish you to step barefoot on a Lego!
Not all boomers who manually download mp3s transfer them around. I’m one of those “boomers” (I’m in my 30s) that download their mp3s because I like to own my stuff. I then stream it to my devices using a selfhosted media server without transferring anything.
Yeah that sounds like a very painful experience
I don’t think the average baby boomer knows how to download an mp3 or play it on a smartphone.
who do you think are the people filled in IRC chatrooms? anyone under 40?
Gen X: still the forgotten generation.
Yeah, (wild estimation) 0.5% of boomers worked in various fields of computer science and were absolutely brilliant with what they accomplished. They built the foundations of everything that we used today, and enabled us to work at levels of abstraction that make our lives way easier.
But still, the average boomer needs to call their grandkids over to switch their TV from HDMI 1 to HDMI 2. I’m being a little bit hyperbolic, but the boomers who didn’t work in tech spent most of their adult lives with virtually no exposure to the computing metaphors that younger generations understand implicitly.
The difference between them and younger generations is that the average millennial grew up using computers, and so the average millennial had vastly better computer literacy.
Spotify (great service and easily worth it) & Amazon Prime (but that’s really an extra bonus on top of the same day and next day free delivery?
Spotify. It is the only subscription I have aside from my VPN, and mostly because their library is MASSIVE.
With how much I drive I’m constantly listening to the damn thing and being able to pick a genre and let it shuffle without thinking about it is 1000% worth the ten bucks a month to not be constantly picking songs, downloading them, sorting and transferring the library to my phone, maintaining storage space, etc…
Yeah, discovery was one of my main reasons for using it. Getting my own music just sounds like a huge undertaking considering how I listen on a whim.
Use a modded apk?
Sure. I could. But you misunderstand my point. As Gaben said, piracy is a service problem, not a cost problem. Spotify’s service is clean and very nice to use, add on the available library and it makes it very worth my time to pay for and support it.
Hell yeah. I’ll pay a reasonable price for a service with lots of stuff on it if it’s reliable and has a great UI. I’ve considered Spotify, even though I have my beautiful flac collection. It’d be nice not to have to worry about converting them to my phone so I can listen in my car.
A timeline that shows how charging for inconvenience just drives us back to piracy.
Nothing. Why pay for an inferior experience?
Never pay for an inferior experience, but for £2.50 a month the experience of using Spotify instead of having to manually find, download, synchronise, and manage a music library is worth it for me.
Not being able to listen to everything I want makes it inferior. I’m also fundamentally against paying money for things that don’t actually pass that money on to the people who deserve it (in this case, the artists). If I spend money on music I just buy the album directly from the artist.
Fair enough, it works for me but not for everyone
None. It’s stupid to have to pay monthly for access to someone else’s content collection when I used to be able to buy content for life and build my own collection, so now I either stream things for free on unofficial sites or download them via unofficial sources. I’ll still buy CDs and DVDs occasionally but streaming is bullshit and I’m not playing along.
Most of my media consumption is gaming. I’ll happily pay for games, but not for subscription based games, cloud based games, or game library subscriptions like Gamepass. I want to keep what I buy. This “you will own nothing and be happy” future is a dreadful one.
Lol so many “pirates” in here
“piracy is a service issue” - if a product doesn’t cost much and saves you time/effort then it can be worth paying a little versus essentially paying yourself less than minimum wage if it’s hard to pirate (depends how valuable your time is though!)
Spotify and Discord Nitro. I’m thinking of using the entire Proton suite in the near future.
I’m currently using Proton Suite. Proton pass (password manager) was just released and doesn’t work for me for whatever reason but everything else is top notch 👌🏼 Would highly recommend
For password manager, I swear by Bitwarden. It’s open source, has a self hosted option, and 100% usable for free. They have a very cheap subscription option for some not too vital features (most particularly support for using Bitwarden as your TOTP app and encrypted file sharing).
I use the whole proton suite and love it so much. If you didn’t know, depending on your subscription you also have access to premium features on SimpleLogin
I’ve tried them all, but I’ve settled on family subscriptions of Spotify and Youtube Premium, and an amazon prime account that is only used for shipping.
I guess technically I have Plex Pass, but I bought a lifetime pass 10 years ago.
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Tidal. I lowkey hate spotify and I think the audio quality is the same or better, for the same price (I don’t shell out for the highest tier).
Can I ask why you hate Spotify? Is there a problem with their service or is it more about how they treat artists?
Besides promoting Joe Rogan during the height of the pandemic when he was on a real stream of misinformation about COVID? Yeah it’s mostly how they treat artists they’re just like YouTube (and Tidal for that matter) where they claim to care about artists but there’s no way anyone but the top 1% is actually making living wage money from streaming. I just use Tidal cause pirating music took up too much storage for me and it makes music discovery a little more convenient.
Only spotify premium
But even that can be pirated
True, but if some people don’t pirate just for free stuff, they do because the paid alternatives are either non existent or of poor quality.
Spotify gives you a really huge library of music to stream with easy to use good quality apps across pretty much everything all without the need of juggling dozens of other subscriptions and jumping through hoops for regional access etc
Yes thsts good. But like I said you dont have to pay for that. Modded apk.
I pay for the only streaming related site worth it’s money and that’s Real Debrid (or any of the equivalent alternatives). Stremio + Torrentio Addon to friends and family even if they don’t know shit about technology cause it’s so damn easy and fast.