That is a very good question.

• What would it cost if I was to acquire the music in my library?
• What if I wanted to sail the seven seas instead? Where would I get the music from?

As for the algorithm, a lot of the suggestions for new music is probably also available to non-premium users (e.g. "Discover Weekly") and could be scraped/downloaded from the API.

I believe there could be a rise in demand for a solution to migrate away from these audio walled gardens, especially with the upcoming price hike.

I haven't been subscribed since I was on a Hulu/Spotify plan with 50% cash back with my old capital one card promo.

Are they not also gonna include hifi/Atmos sound too?

Anyway can give

• https://spicetify.app

A try 🫨.

I keep Amazon music installed because the free prime tier isn't so bad....vs nothing.

I did fat finger a subscription one time....canceled right away but it doesn't take affect till the next month.

Totes not predatory on Amazon's part. I'm sure I'm not the only one that's done that once.

This: https://github.com/z-huang/InnerTune

Great interface, uses YouTube Music as backend, no ads. I was seriously tempted to cancel my Tidal subscription and only didn’t because I switch to an iPhone for reasons.

Are you breaking away from them because of the increased price?

I recommend xManager. It's like the ReVanced Manager (in case you know that). It enables you to "build" your own version of the app on android.

For the recommendations part, the best solution for me was to switch to a scrobbling platform like last.fm.

This way, regardless of what I'm using to listen to music, I can go there for recommendations based on what I listen to.

If recommendations are what you want, I'd honestly look at getting an account with Rate Your Music if you haven't already and populating ratings with music you love and hate. Yes, the community can be very snobby and cynical at times and the site is slow-updating, but at the same time I've gotten some great recommendations, both from the community and the site's algorithms, while streaming can be very hit or miss. There's no app, but at the same time your recommendations aren't tied to one streaming service, so you can use any service that fits your needs or sail the seas while still getting good recommendations.

RYM has two algorithms to help you find some interesting music, based on finding highly rated music and your taste in genres and descriptors: there's one that recommends music it thinks you'll like, and another that's the opposite of your music taste, to challenge you to get you out your comfort zone. I have found stuff I've loved in both. Paid supporters (iirc monthly is £2 while a year is roughly £20 depending on currency conversion) do get access to tweaking the algorithm to fit their needs, as well as visual access to the data that fuels your recommendations, but I don't mind paying for it over Spotify/AM. Might be worth having a look.

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I came here to say the same thing. I've been using it for years and it works perfectly. Unfortunately you can't download though, but that's not I would use Spotify for anyway

I've been using SpotTube myself

Are those the baked in ads of the podcast itself? I listen to some that have those, don't think you can get rid of them in any way.