I’m in a dilemma, I think ownership of media is important, but the convenience of Spotify and the algorithm of new music that it suggests has helped me find amazing artists that I wouldn’t have heard of otherwise.
Fellow sailors, what are your thoughts, and how do you personally listen to music?
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Maybe its a generational thing but I prefer having a Plex / Plexamp serveur with all my music as FLAC on my home server. I can better curate my collection and it’s available everywhere.
Plexamp is awesome, and the UI/UX is gorgeous in my opinion!
Exactly how I do it, Plexamp plays nicely across all my devices/car
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Local copy for life. Streaming is just renting by a nicer name. I don’t want to pay for the rest of my life to access the same content. I’ll buy CDs and I’ll buy DRM-free FLAC files if available, but otherwise I’m pirating the FLAC copy or, if worst comes to worst, ripping the audio from YouTube (too many new artists/YT artists don’t offer lossless downloads). I’m not paying for something I don’t get to keep.
Streaming for discovery, private tracker to get it in FLAC.
Support your favourite artists by buying their merchandise and going to shows.
I have Ampache running on a self hosted server, which has desktop and mobile apps.
I don’t know why you were down voted but thanks for this. I’m doing some research on it now. So here take this upvote
Local library for me for sure!
I discover new music through friends, Shazam, and browsing Youtube Music.
With ~6k songs I don’t get bored that fast.
Spotify to find artists
Plex/VLC/winamp to continue listening after discovering them.
I have tens of thousands of songs in my home computer but I prefer to just use Spotify when I am outside.
I have my local library on my computer, and then use iTunes Match to stream it to all of my devices. I had originally subscribed to Apple Music when it came out, but realized that I only really listened to music that I already had purchased.
When I found out about iTunes Match, and that it cost $25 / year instead of a monthly subscription, I switched to that and I’ve been happy ever since.
This totally depends on YOU and how you consume music. I am an analog collector who has a small collection of cassette tapes and vinyl to play at home for gatherings. But then I have spotify for the car and for showering lol.
I have a smart TV with ReVanced so I don’t get commercials/ads on YouTube and can play music there too.
I’ve got a local library that I stream with using Subsonic/Airsonic-compatible APIs.
I stream because I like discovering new artists that I don’t know about. Otherwise keeping everything on a drive is probably better considering that you have full control over it.
I have Apple One Family and that includes Apple Music, which I share with 5 others. Can’t beat that price!
Local library. I don’t want to pay for things I don’t own. Streaming services also can remove/ disable music any time. I also don’t need recommendation algorithms I think they are biased. I can easily discover new artists on blogs
