Spotify takes down Dogfood

[sickdsm]

So my Spotify wasn't working yesterday morning. I guess I was one of them that got the warning email a few days earlier but didn't see it. I forgot how lame the free version of Spotify is. Anyone have any other options for free music? $10 month seems high imo. I'm not a student. Is there likely going to be another option within Month or two?

[ElNono]

FM Radio?

[resistanze]

I have no idea what's going on.

[sickdsm]

Dogfood was a patched version of spotify. Basically it allowed free users a near premium experience. No ads, unlimited skips, play any song, etc...



Looking for an app that i can select songs. I have a sub. to xm radio through my pickup that allows streaming but the price points are way off. I'm paying $5/month for xm.

Spotify offers half cost subs for students and also you can get a Spotify/hulu sub for $7 but that's again only for students. I listen to music a lot when i'm working out or just working in general.

[DJR210]

Soundcloud, Pandora, YouTube.. YouTube makes you pay for Red to have the ability to turn off your screen while you listen to music.. Pandora let's you choose songs, but doesn't always play what you selected.

Tbh, just pay the damn fee for Spotify, you obviously use it regularly. I have it (mooching off a family plan atm) but if it cancelled I'd have no choice but to pay as I couldn't imagine not being able to play my playlists in the car anymore.

Only other thing I could recommend is the free trial of Apple Music (3months) but if you're in a hardship like this I'm assuming you also don't have an iPhone..

[Xevious]

Napster

[DJR210]

Napster

Napster is fucking terrible tbh, that's why I didn't include it.. I get it free w/ T-Mobile and would pay for a service before I'd use it. It's missing so much music that are standard on all the top streaming apps.

[Xevious]

Napster is fucking terrible tbh, that's why I didn't include it.. I get it free w/ T-Mobile and would pay for a service before I'd use it. It's missing so much music that are standard on all the top streaming apps.
Was joking actually. Didn't even realize Napster was still a thing. I haven't used it since Metallica fucked it up.

[DJR210]

Was joking actually. Didn't even realize Napster was still a thing. I haven't used it since Metallica fucked it up.

:lol Yeah, Napster took over the Rhapsody brand, and it was all down hill from there

[sickdsm]

Soundcloud, Pandora, YouTube.. YouTube makes you pay for Red to have the ability to turn off your screen while you listen to music.. Pandora let's you choose songs, but doesn't always play what you selected.

Tbh, just pay the damn fee for Spotify, you obviously use it regularly. I have it (mooching off a family plan atm) but if it cancelled I'd have no choice but to pay as I couldn't imagine not being able to play my playlists in the car anymore.

Only other thing I could recommend is the free trial of Apple Music (3months) but if you're in a hardship like this I'm assuming you also don't have an iPhone..

Probably more the idea of paying that much for music is more the issue. I read a story that said even during the heydays of ordering CDs from bmg that $120/year was the max people would pay for music and apparently that number still holds true.

I could afford cable or dish but I don't do that either.

Trying out Amazon music but there pricing is fucked. Sounds cheap but to get those prices you have to be a prime member and/or only use on your echo. Changing ones music service and their library now is akin to changing cell phone providers prior to before you were able to carry over your number.

How about I just pay your account your mooching off the $36 a year for one of the lines?

[resistanze]

I use Apple Music, student plan (since my alumni email is still active). 4.99 a month. Spotify interface is still the gold standard, but the Apple Music library is as big or bigger. For $60/year I'll manage.

[leemajors]

I use iTunes match for $25/year, my entire mp3 library is on it.

[sickdsm]

I use iTunes match for $25/year, my entire mp3 library is on it.

I think there's literally two songs I've ever bought as an MP3.

[sickdsm]

I use Apple Music, student plan (since my alumni email is still active). 4.99 a month. Spotify interface is still the gold standard, but the Apple Music library is as big or bigger. For $60/year I'll manage.
How long do they keep those active?

[leemajors]

I think there's literally two songs I've ever bought as an MP3.

I've bought three. It matches songs in your library, and uploads all the others. If I buy albums digitally, it's direct from the artist.

[resistanze]

How long do they keep those active?
Life, tbh. The alumni account (GMail based) lets you forward from your original account for life. But you can use student plan for a period of 4 years (6 month re-verification).

[lefty]

I use Spotify Premium, regular plan.

Google Play Music seems to have a better suggestion algorithm, but its UI is a clusterfuck and is unintuitive.

As resistanze said, Spotify's UI is the best.
And I can use Spotify Premium with my Google Home Mini.

[IronMexican]

Find someone who has a Netflix or the like and get Spotify family plan.