• ashe@lemmy.starless.one
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    1 year ago

    Buying the music and selfhosting a streaming server is an option, though obviously not for everyone

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      1 year ago

      It’s actually really easy if you just invest in a Synology NAS. You can install the music server package with a few clicks and copy music to the folder, then open a port on your firewall and the Synology music app streams it. Pretty nifty

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      1 year ago

      As a Spotify user, I’m not really ok with how much they pay artists… But I don’t use Spotify for “streaming” even though I stream a lot from them, I use it to discover new music, find obscure bands, their algorithm is amazing at that.

      I could easily selfhost as you suggested, but then it would be my own music bubble.

      I go to concerts and buy merchandise as much as possible when I want to support an artist.