Re:Disqus, a dark commenting system
by sofixa on Friday February 05, 2021 @07:06AM
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Plenty of alternatives exist - YouTube Premium ( which also gets you YouTube with no adds, on top of YouTube Music), Amazon Music, Apple Music, and iirc pandora, SoundCloud? I haven't compared prices.
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Re:Disqus, a dark commenting system
by throwaway2245 on Friday February 05, 2021 @09:00AM
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So, your suggested alternative to avoid data monopolization is to use a FAANG (with a worse product)? I accept that those are alternatives, but no thanks.
Pandora has been geo-blocked and IIRC only serves the USA since 2007, and SoundCloud appears to me to be offering a different service.
Can't really suggest YT as an alternative to a monopoly
Re:Disqus, a dark commenting system
by throwaways885 on Friday February 05, 2021 @08:22AM
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Is either company a monopoly in "music streaming" if they're both viable alternatives?
Re:Disqus, a dark commenting system
by stjohnswarts on Sunday February 07, 2021 @02:48PM
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People way overuse "monopoly" these days.
Re:Disqus, a dark commenting system
by freddie_mercury on Friday February 05, 2021 @08:40PM
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In the country I live in none of those are available other than Apple Music. So the choices are Spotify and Apple Music.
Re:Disqus, a dark commenting system
by stjohnswarts on Sunday February 07, 2021 @02:49PM
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Apple is much less likely to sell off your data
Re:Disqus, a dark commenting system
by freddie_mercury on Sunday February 07, 2021 @08:43PM
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That is true but their app on Android was terrible (I used it for two years before Spotify was available here). Probably the worst Android app I used on a regular basis.
Likely it is better on Apple devices but I don't use those.