So the better solution is to set up Navidrome, "acquire" 1TB of music. Look for discographies, top 10k, stuff you like. Use a reverse proxy to a cheap VPS or Cloudflare. (Ssh port forward from Navidrome to VPS 127.0.0.1, and have nginx handle reverse proxy. Put it in systemd unit to autoreconnect)
Then you can listen to whatever you want.
Im all for paying for good content or service. But I quit paying for companies to abuse me.
This is a poorly titled HN submission. This isn't what's happened, if you read the post - A user asked about being able to do this. Spotify claimed it isn't currently a feature, however they have a feature request that the requester can add their voice to if so inclined.
Spotify hasn't refused at all. They don't say anything, but a non-employee specifically links to a page where people can upvote the idea to help get it implemented.
Flagged because there is nothing of value for HN here, this is just a random feature request.
I really hate the constant nagging to use AI, I really wish I could just block it. I don't care how useful it is, I don't care about excuses of not using the service, I want some way to block all of it.
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Im all for paying for good content or service. But I quit paying for companies to abuse me.
Spotify hasn't refused at all. They don't say anything, but a non-employee specifically links to a page where people can upvote the idea to help get it implemented.
Flagged because there is nothing of value for HN here, this is just a random feature request.
It’s a textbook Feature Factory [1].
I don’t think anybody asked for all the features they have crammed in, right up to the point where it’s playing videos like a wannabe YouTube client.
When I know my machine is going to need CPU resources and I don’t want to work with the sound of the fan, I load up a lightweight FLAC player instead.
[1] …a term that is apparently annoying to Agile enthusiasts… Good!