I have got to admit I canned Spotify subs years ago - but how are they managing to grow their subscriber base whn it is now going to be £11.99 in the UK? That is way, way too high for what it offers…

https://www.gbnews.com/tech/spotify-price-rise

  • MudMan@fedia.io
    414·
    12 days ago

    Man, music is one of those things where file sizes, quality and performance all conspire to make both offline media and self-hosting so viable. I never understood Spotify’s role.

    I mean, you can like physical media and understand why Netflix was more convenient than digging through enormous TV DVD boxsets. But who the hell didn’t have a MP3 dump of hudreds of CDs by the time Spotify started being a thing?

    • Eggyhead@lemmings.worldEnglish
      17·
      12 days ago

      I wouldn’t have subbed to Spotify on my own. I’m inherited into my wife’s family plan. For me the biggest benefit is just discovering new music. I used to have a big MP3 library, but after a couple computer upgrades, they’ve kind of disappeared over the years. Having Spotify there has been really convenient for just listening toto old stuff I’ve lost as well. This said, if my FiL cancels, I probably wouldn’t sub for myself anyway.

      • madcaesar@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        12 days ago

        Yea it is a bit of a pain, but also I haven’t found a reliable setup like rrsuite for music.

        Ideally it should allow for noticing a song on Spotify and transfer direct to the server

    • FireRetardant@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      12 days ago

      A big part of it that finally made me pay for spotify is it helping me to find new music. Its not perfect, but when the app actually works correctly it will queue up music similar to the song or playlist you searched and it can help you find new bands or other songs by the artists you like. When i was just listening to my downloaded music I’d get stuck in a rut of the same few albums or artists.

      • Übercomplicated@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        12 days ago

        I really like Bandcamps suggestions and weekly newsletter for music suggestions, might be worth checking out. I always felt like Spotify was pushing me towards the mainstream, whereas Bandcamp almost does the opposite. Ultimately, I greatly prefer it.

    • scintilla@crust.piefed.socialEnglish
      3·
      12 days ago

      You could just be young. By the time I was old enough to start pirating Spotify had already existed for years and it’s just significantly easier than getting into a tracker. My wife has yearly playlists she’s been making since she was a teen and doesn’t want to loose those.

      • ToastedRavioli@midwest.socialEnglish
        8·
        12 days ago

        “Youngins” dont understand that when Spotify came on the scene people had already stopped playing music on CDs and MP3s largely. It was when the ipod and iphones already existed and people were getting ripped off by apple for $1.29 per song that they wanted to listen to.

        I vividly remember at the time trying to tell people to try Spotify instead of paying for literally every song they wanted to listen to, and people were skeeved by it because it sounded too good to be true

        • scintilla@crust.piefed.socialEnglish
          6·
          12 days ago

          God this made me remember my parents getting me an iPod touch and a 50$ gift card. I listened to an owl city album for days on repeat lmao.