lazycouchpotato

lazycouchpotato , 3 days ago

It's 50% off right now.

lazycouchpotato , 7 days ago

I don't mind paying $10/mo for access to millions of songs on demand, even if the caveat is that I don't own anything at the end of my subscription.

I understand costs have gone up, so I can accept a $1 increase in subscription. The problem is that Spotify wants to do a bunch of side projects at my expense. I have no interest in podcasts or audiobooks yet I must fork up the extra money to fund it. I have no say in what my money is being used for and I hate that.

It's why I moved from it to Tidal and then to Apple Music (even though I'm on Android). Both have their own issues but at least they're focused on music.

lazycouchpotato , 7 days ago

Interesting. I wasn’t aware that they weren’t profitable.

Funny enough, right after your comment I got recommended this video on YouTube talking about the points you mentioned: https://youtu.be/yDWgOwb8kj4

lazycouchpotato , 6 days ago

The simple reason is because I got a lengthy free trial for it (saving me money on the Tidal sub) and then stuck around.

Apple Music was hot garbage when I started using it but over the months of my trial it improved tremendously - to a point where there isn't much difference between it and Tidal. App performance is good now, it provides song recommendations for your playlists, many bugs I was facing have been fixed.

The Android Auto experience is better for me compared to Tidal, it has Shazam integration (Spotify does too, Tidal doesn't) and it has many of the Japanese city pop songs I like that Tidal was missing.

I can always jump ship if needed. Services like Soundiiz and TuneMyMusic make it pretty easy.

lazycouchpotato , 1 month ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbSDdU8bJI0 here's the video.

lazycouchpotato , 1 month ago

“We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem,”

“If a pirate offers a product anywhere in the world, 24 x 7, purchasable from the convenience of your personal computer, and the legal provider says the product is region-locked, will come to your country 3 months after the US release, and can only be purchased at a brick and mortar store, then the pirate’s service is more valuable.”

Source

lazycouchpotato , 2 months ago

I've been using SecureTether https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.panjava.internet.sharing.tethering.mobile.hotspot.secure.wifi.securetether to get around it. Requires a bit of setup but works without issues after.

I dont believe something like this is possible on iOS.

lazycouchpotato , 2 months ago

:(

I bought the V2 suite of their apps at release to support the company because I'm tired of perpetual subscription software. I'm not expecting lifetime updates or support, I just want whatever I paid for to work reasonably without hassles.

lazycouchpotato , 6 months ago

Here's a screenshot showing the timestamps:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/ae5cf9cc-bd86-4a8c-91a3-20f76549f0cc.png