“Their apps are horrendous.”
I’ll give a counterpoint: with a subscription, Apple Music for iPad is quite literally the best personal music exploration/listening app on the market. A quiet room and good pair of headphones is all the rest you need.
Well, I don’t use iPad and usually either desktop or iPhone on the go.
Beets (for library management) + Navidrome (for serving) is a great combo if you want to go self-hosted.
Options for acquiring media:
- Buy vinyl/CDs
- Ripping from streaming services (Deezer was well-known for that a few years ago)
- yt-dlp for niche picks you can’t find in better quality elsewhere
- Rip CDs from local library
- Bandcamp, Soundcloud
- Various what.cd successors, if that’s your thing
You can use exportify to get playlists and likes off of there. After that maybe make a script to search for entries on whatever service you're using.
- https://github.com/jam3scampbell/music
- youtube music
Re:Goodbye, Slopify
by zigglezaggle on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @08:22PM
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I have been very happy with Deezer
Soulseek is the best option out there. Bandcamp is also good
Re:Goodbye, Slopify
by nejsjsjsbsb on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @08:22PM
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mpeg layer 3
And where to go?
I’d like Apple but their apps are horrendous and they completely bastardized the classic Music app pre streaming.