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Spotify quietly moves lyrics behind a paywall.
(techcrunch.com)
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this post was submitted on 03 May 2024
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Can I upload my own music like I could with Google music?
No, Tidal never had that. Deezer might still allow it, they're the last I know that did.
Technically you can still do it with iTunes on a desktop, but I don't think those files will play on the Apple Music app.
Yes they do play in the Apple Music app, but if you upload in bulk only 50% will actually be uploaded
All the songs I have copied to iTunes get uploaded, but if you have the lossless versions they get converted to normal quality on other devices, or if you remove the local original copy.
Music doesn’t support flac, though, you have to convert them to alac first.
I also use a Mac, I don’t know if it’s different on windows
I do this on Windows, it works fine. Never had an issue with mass uploads / initial library sync. I have a large library of 30k tracks, mostly lossless ALAC.
I switched to Plex / PlexAmp though, it’s better and I don’t have to pay a subscription.
I wonder if you can get around that by altering the metadata on the local files to make it a slightly different version of the same song. The deluxe album version vs the regular, etc.
Oh interesting. I was actually about to verify that myself, opened the app to find apparently Apple has started blocking Apple Music on rooted Androids.
Just in case that's a consideration for anyone else.
for anyone curious, YouTube Music definitely has this, I've recently used it. looks like a holdover from the Play Music days.
I've spent the last 3 days deleting old google play music uploads from YouTube music, one song at a time. Would not recommend uploading anything to their interface even if it is possible.
YouTube Music allows you to do this fyi
Yeah but I hate yt music for different reasons haha