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Ask HN: Is there a decent alternate to Spotify?

4 pointsby illegalmemoryabout 2 years ago
I am a long time Spotify user and today I had enough of it. I am fed up of my songs being removed from playlist I curate. What is a good alternate to Spotify considering I don't want "missing" songs ever.

5 comments

smoldesuabout 2 years ago
&gt; considering I don&#x27;t want &quot;missing&quot; songs ever.<p>If that&#x27;s your criteria, you&#x27;ll probably never be satisfied with a licensed streaming service. Maybe YouTube Music?<p>I use Spotify alongside an offline library of backed up, obscure songs that aren&#x27;t on there or have been removed. It&#x27;s not a perfect system (and I&#x27;m regularly enticed to go fully-local), but I&#x27;m fairly happy with it. Dump all your liked songs into a public playlist, and Spotiflyer[0] will attempt to back up those tracks. Hopefully that helps!<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;Shabinder&#x2F;SpotiFlyer&#x2F;releases">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;Shabinder&#x2F;SpotiFlyer&#x2F;releases</a>
surprisetalkabout 2 years ago
If you&#x27;re on iOS, I found Apple Music to be a much better experience than Spotify.<p>The SongShift app is good (but not perfect) at transferring libraries from one service to another.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;apps.apple.com&#x2F;gb&#x2F;app&#x2F;songshift&#x2F;id1097974566" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;apps.apple.com&#x2F;gb&#x2F;app&#x2F;songshift&#x2F;id1097974566</a>
sacrosanctabout 2 years ago
Heard good things about Tidal[0], although I haven&#x27;t tried it. Bandcamp[1] is worth a try too, if you like less mainstream-ey music<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tidal.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tidal.com&#x2F;</a><p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bandcamp.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bandcamp.com&#x2F;</a>
averageValentinabout 2 years ago
pandora.com is my favorite, their algorithm to make you discover new songs is amazing. But you won&#x27;t find as many songs as on Spotify. Maybe you should look at youtube music
pestatijeabout 2 years ago
I curate song files, not playlists.