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Re:Ask HN: Is there a decent alternate to Spotify? by pestatije on Saturday April 08, 2023 @01:33PM (#35495626)
I curate song files, not playlists.
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Re:Ask HN: Is there a decent alternate to Spotify? by smoldesu on Saturday April 08, 2023 @01:27PM (#35495558)
> considering I don't want "missing" songs ever.

If that's your criteria, you'll probably never be satisfied with a licensed streaming service. Maybe YouTube Music?

I use Spotify alongside an offline library of backed up, obscure songs that aren't on there or have been removed. It's not a perfect system (and I'm regularly enticed to go fully-local), but I'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!

[0] https://github.com/Shabinder/SpotiFlyer/releases

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a decent alternate to Spotify? by averageValentin on Saturday April 08, 2023 @02:22PM (#35496119)
pandora.com is my favorite, their algorithm to make you discover new songs is amazing. But you won't find as many songs as on Spotify. Maybe you should look at youtube music
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Re:Ask HN: Is there a decent alternate to Spotify? by sacrosanct on Saturday April 08, 2023 @03:09PM (#35496544)
Heard good things about Tidal[0], although I haven't tried it. Bandcamp[1] is worth a try too, if you like less mainstream-ey music

[0] https://tidal.com/

[1] https://bandcamp.com/

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a decent alternate to Spotify? by surprisetalk on Sunday April 09, 2023 @09:19AM (#35502457)
If you're on iOS, I found Apple Music to be a much better experience than Spotify.

The SongShift app is good (but not perfect) at transferring libraries from one service to another.

[1] https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/songshift/id1097974566

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