buc.ci is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
About half a year ago I switched from Spotify to Tidal. While in a wider view the both are so similiar, that I would recommend the switch, here are a few things that bother me:
- when you pause a song on your phone and then want to continue to listen, it starts over the song.
- same thing happens with albums. Say you are listening to an album and you pause (i.e. because you need to attend a meeting at work) then come back and want to continue to listen after a while, it starts over the whole album (is this a cookie thing?)
- the phone app, the desktop app and the web player are not synced. So I can't listen to an album or a playlist on my way to work on my phone and then continue to listen to that same album or playlist on my computer at work. Instead it will start over (see above) the album that I was listening to yesterday on the web player.
In my day to day use those are just small things that bother me a little. Minor bugs really. I'd still recommend switching to Tidal or any other service that pays better per stream than spotify.
#spotify #tidal #streaming #musicstreaming #streamingservices #music
RE: https://social.heise.de/@heiseonline/116250071570386557
Können wir JETZT bitte Spotify canceln?
Dass sie
- Künstler unterbezahlen
- Random Podcasts auslöschen
- Ki " Musik " zulassen
Und
- Werbung für ICE in den USA schalten, hat ja noch nicht gereicht.
Aber der 0-8-15 User wird das auch noch nutzen und wie so'n batteriebetriebener Klatschaffe die Hände aneinanderhauen und sinnentleert grinsen, während vor allem kleinen Künstlern jegliche Grundlage für ein auskommendes Schaffen zerstört wird.
A new little short story for this week's #podcast episode. A fun or not so fun tale of a CEO holding a press conference. Except everything is a little off? Check it out Thursday on #Spotify or #youtube. #audiodrama #story #fiction #storytelling #audiofiction https://open.spotify.com/show/6HJAHkuM81Nv5YcVsli2FM?si=WUvXPhvYSqCbcHL8j9Uc3Q
Must-read here, especially for #indie #musicians. #LizPelly discusses her book "Mood Machine: The Rise of #Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist" and covers a wide range of topics about modern music-making and distribution. She also mentions "cooperative and open-source alternatives to #Bandcamp", several are here on the #Fediverse. Moving her book to the top of my reading list. 🎵 🎶 📖 👍 😁 #Music #TapeOp #Capitalism #Streaming #Media #Culture #Books #Literature https://tapeop.com/interviews/171/liz-pelly
Creepy horrorsynth album
GHOSTS IN THE DARK
https://open.spotify.com/album/5rOHnRYzkXn2vtehqTc2mx?si=rKC55nqaQ8io4Ux2iII0hg
#horror #horrormusic #Horrorfam #darksynth #horrorsynth #synthfam #spooky #ghosts #creepy #Halloween2023 #halloween #Spotify #DarksideOfSynth
Kleiner Blogeintrag, in dem ich ein Bisschen was über meine Single "Explosionen" erzähle & sonst primär über #spotify & Streamingshit abkotze:
https://ph4nt.net/2026/03/11/explosionen/
#slopify #bandcamp #mirlo #soundcloud #newmusic #release #creativecommonsmusic
My #podcast story, One Dead Man wraps up this Thursday. More confusion and a few answers come to light? Mostly though everyone just wants to leave the island. Check it out on #YouTube or #Spotify. #audiodrama #storytelling #story #fiction #audiobook https://open.spotify.com/show/6HJAHkuM81Nv5YcVsli2FM?si=WUvXPhvYSqCbcHL8j9Uc3Q
Oh boy! #Spotify literally destroys their entire API for developers. At March it will be totally useless. What a mess. This kills my plan to develop #Spotnik, a Spotify player for the terminal. 😟
https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/references/changes/february-2026
Você já ouviu falar no Podcast Digital GOV.BR?Não ouvi falar e nem vou ouvi-lo, apesar de querer, já que parece ser algo exclusivo do #Spotify!
Não se dignaram a sequer ativar a disponibilização de feed.
Facts and information are now coming to Charles and Nate, but its still a wild trip on the latest episode of my #podcast. Things still don't fully make sense to either of them. Available on #Youtube and #spotify. #audiodrama #fiction #storytelling #audiobook #story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFROXX5QAHE
Unwrapping Spotify: Profiting from Apartheid, Genocide, and Racist Deportations | BDS Movement (2026-02-24)
https://bdsmovement.net/boycott-spotify
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>> The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (#PACBI), … endorses the growing, organic consumer boycott of Spotify, … which directly profits from artist exploitation, systems of mass deportation, apartheid, and genocide.
>> … Spotify reportedly ran ads for genocidal Israel’s prison service, recruiting armed units…
>> The company launched in the Israeli market with a multi-year deal with Partner Communications Company Ltd, an Israeli telecommunications company listed in the United Nations’ database of businesses involved in illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land. Any such deal violates the 2024 International Court of Justice ruling …
>> We call on all people of conscience to apply strategic pressure on #Spotify …
#BDS #palestine #Gaza
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@fedibird.com
This week on my #podcast, Charles and Nate find themselves finally getting closer to some facts. Maybe they don't really want to know about these bad things? Check it out on #YouTube or #Spotify if you life #Ficiton. #audiodrama #storytelling #audiobook #audiofiction https://open.spotify.com/show/6HJAHkuM81Nv5YcVsli2FM?si=WUvXPhvYSqCbcHL8j9Uc3Q
🏢 Spotify is hiring a Senior Machine Learning Engineer
Location: 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
#DataScience #DataScientist #tech #JobSearch #GetFediHired #HashyJobs #US #Spotify
https://datasciencejobs.com/jobs/machine-learning-engineer-spotify-united-states-61/
@t3rcermillenium not everything European is good, right and proper. #spotify pays most artists a pittance.
Can anyone tell me why there are no big artists on Bandcamp? I wanted to use it as my main app for listening to music but many artists I like are not on there… I heard that their labels prevent them from putting their music on Bandcamp. But that doesn’t make sense to me. Selling music on Bandcamp is financially better for artists and labels than streaming services like Spotify, right?
#bandcamp #artists #musicians #music #musiclabel #musicbusiness #musicindustry #spotify
We're all sick of this AI shit
Hear RIck giving a well balanced opinion about spotify artificially pushing BS LLM generated crappy music
It's made from stolen real artist work and fragmented mixed regurgetated to this crappy song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XGct4rbYfI
#LLM #AI #Slop #bad #music #listening #crap #bullshit #stolen #copyright #ownershit #ownership #spotify #fake #followers #royalties #streaming #instagram #push #artificial
The adventures of Nate and Charles carry on. My #podcast #story with my two characters carries onward helped by others. All in the search for answers that no one seems to worried about getting. Available on #YouTube and #spotify. #audiodrama #audiofiction #fiction https://www.youtube.com/@runningsentences1687
Mach ich Spotify auf und will Musik hören, läuft da ein Nuis Clip als Werbung oder so. Und ich bezahl Geld für den Scheiß. Das war's mit Spotify. Habt ihr Empfehlungen für Alternativen? Es muss einen Familien-Plan geben (den hat Soundcloud leider nicht) und es muss moderne Popmusik können (Teen in tha house) und Podcasts
#Spotify #Soundcloud
Spotify-Co-CEO: Top-Entwickler schreiben dank KI keinen Code mehr
Spotify-Co-CEO Gustav Söderström sorgt für Diskussionen: Seine besten Ingenieure schreiben dank KI keinen Code mehr, sondern überwachen nur noch.
#Automatisierung #IT #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Softwareentwicklung #Spotify #news
Dealing with the madness of no one listening to them, Charles and Nate simply find themselves going along with things. Much to their detriment. Check out my #podcast #story available on #YouTube and #Spotify. #fiction #audiobook #audiodrama #storytelling https://open.spotify.com/episode/1FNrVeznyK20sjkCYZymP4?si=MK9i9jm-TJK0MUVjpsJ5Ig
Information is sought by forces from Nate and Charles. It's a pity that they really don't have any so that they can solve this issue. Yet no one is willing to listen to them. Check out the latest part of my #story on #YouTube and #Spotify. #audiodrama #fiction #storytelling https://open.spotify.com/episode/34cZWdu67Mp8IF3sMmjvlQ?si=Ezan3dhSSFSDGmtY46KtsA
"Rowland reveals how it is being exploited by fraudsters to manipulate streaming algorithms and siphon billions of pounds away from real musicians.
Fraudsters are using AI to mass-produce tracks and then deploying armies of bots to stream them over and over again, a system where robots listen to robot music, all to generate royalties."
lol it looks like #Epstein was an early investor in #Spotify
https://justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00811539.pdf
Well it seems like #Spotify is the first platform I use that is becoming unusable due to AI slop. Today every second title is AI generated and it sucks to block the "artist" every time only to get another slop. I used to like the random playlists to discover new artists but this is the past. Looks like I finally have to stick to the artists I know and recommendations of people I know combined with a local library. I doubt the other platforms are any better.
Next up two things to get off of:
Spotify and US file backup
For #Spotify I’m going to dig into #funkwhale, perhaps with a couple of friends. And maybe rebuild my mp3/ogg collection. Guess that cd/dvd reader I got is going to actually have some ROI.🤓
For file backup I’m looking at a couple of European alternatives, but haven’t committed to one yet. Ideally locally and cloud combi. Open to suggestions.*
*) from personal experience only please. I can google/research just fine.
If you'd like to find songs or artists similar to the ones you like, but don't want to depend on Spotify for that, here's an alternative:
https://www.chosic.com/playlist-generator
If you're still using Spotify, you can also generate playlists with this.
#music #web #online #internet #app #apps #tools #software #tech #technology #tip #tips #FediTips #MastoTips #spotify
Tell Congress to pass the Living Wage for Musicians Act! Spotify and other music streaming services must pay artists fairly.
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-to-pass-the-living-wage-for-musicians-act-spotify-and-other-music-streaming-services-must-pay-artists-fairly
#spotify #BrokenRecord #music #Musicians #WorkerRights #UMAW #streaming
Frankly it reads to me like an admission of their own guilt, the "brazen theft" being a projection, mens rea expressed as legal action.
Spotify and the three main major record labels sue Anna’s Archive for $13trillion for “brazen theft of millions of files containing nearly all of the world’s commercial sound recordings”
#culture #music #AnnasArchive #spotify #UMG #WarnerBros #Sony #lawsuit
With new horrible discoveries and lots of weirdness to go around. Charles and Nate just want to get off the island, but no such luck is coming. Check out my #Podcast #story on #YouTube or #Spotify out now. #audiodrama #storytelling #ficiton #audiobook #audiofiction https://open.spotify.com/episode/7HBHPUqUXzt3edK3bjFrkX?si=CSJQGdaZTom7twO6xN5rwg
Things go from bad to worse for Charles and Nate discovering new horrible things while stuck on the island. And nothing seems to want to go right for them in my newest #podcast #story episode. On #YouTube or #spotify on Thursday. #audiodrama #storytelling #fiction https://www.youtube.com/@runningsentences1687
finally got to unsubscribing from spotify (was holding out to see if zotify fixed its shit) and put my reason for unsubscribing down as "fuck ICE"
any good recommendations for alternatives?
Spotify won court order against Anna’s Archive, taking down .org domain
Lawsuit was filed under seal; Anna’s Archive wasn’t notified until after takedown.
Arc...
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/annas-archive-said-spotify-scrape-didnt-cause-domain-suspension-it-was-wrong/#annas-archive #policy #spotify
Diversos colectivos de la #EconomíaSolidaria en España se han movilizado para salir de Spotify y este 30 de enero te invitamos a irnos de #Spotify a plataformas más justas y humanas.
EcoTienda La Chiwi ya lo hizo en diciembre de 2025 como parte de su esfuerzo de ser congruente con sus valores de felicidad, bienestar y sostenibilidad.
https://www.economiasolidaria.org/noticias/vamonos-juntas-de-spotify/
Since Anna's Archive has removed the links to the Spotify torrents they've released thus far, I'm gonna share a copy of them here as well as on my website and blog in case anyone wants them.
Being led around by the army isn't exactly what Nate and Charles expected to happen. Yet here they are in my #podcast #story allowing that, because its either that or to try and run away. Check it out Thursday on #YouTube or #spotify. #audiodrama #fiction #audiobook https://open.spotify.com/show/6HJAHkuM81Nv5YcVsli2FM?si=WUvXPhvYSqCbcHL8j9Uc3Q
Angeregt von der Kampagne und einem Boost von @lassen@mastodon.social sind wir vorhin musikalisch von Spotify zu Qobuz umgezogen. Kannte ich bislang noch nicht. Bisher bin ich vom Angebot und der Soundqualität sehr begeistert Die Gestaltung der App ist anders, aber für mich intuitiver und nützlicher als bei Spotify. Und wenn die wirklich die Künstler_innen besser beteiligen, dann ist das umso schöner.
I tried to switch from #Spotify to #Bandcamp a while ago and it sucked, because there weren’t any good non-EDM #running #workout music. (It seems that the vast majority of people urging other people to switch are actual “music listeners” who listen to music for the sake of listening to music...)
Also, I share my account with 2 aunties in Japan (in their 50s and 70s) so the UI must be in Japanese, easy to navigate, and work on older Android phones.
So… any good Spotify alternatives out there? 🫠
but, e.g. on windows 11 rn my spotify always pauses, it generally feels slow, and things are unresponsive
i mean the most annoying thing is that the `uiop` keys are still cutting out all the time. although that's a different issue (hardware)
One Open-source Project Daily Snip will get the artist, track, and album information from Spotify and iTunes, and save the information to a text file.
More madness follows Charles and Nate in my #podcast story. They wake up with the idea of trying to get off of this island, but things quickly spiral out of control for them. Check it out on #YouTube or #Spotify. #audiodrama #audiobook #storytelling #fiction #story https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Bno3Np5TnEq69qim1zGhh?si=bj0UrnDTQPat5uYBE252cw
My #story One Dead Man continues on my #podcast this Thursday. Things are crazy for Charles and Nate though they manage to get some rest. It doesn't last long as they're awoken to more craziness. Available on #YouTube and #Spotify. #audiodrama #fiction #storytelling #audiobook #audiofiction https://www.youtube.com/@runningsentences1687
the guitar in this sounds really cool https://open.spotify.com/track/2AxCeJ6PSsBYiTckM0HLY7
My fellow homelabbers: which sultion would you recommend if you would like to build a Spotify like Streaming Service for youre family with music you have in a local library?
Important would be that there is an App for at least iPhone/iPad and that things like smart playlists, multiuser etc ist supported so everybody could use the same big catalog but with its own playlists, favourits etc.
If have already found three projects which could be okay: Navidrome, Funkwhale and Koel.
Any thoughts about this? Which route would you go?
#homelab #selfhosting #spotify #navidrome #funkwhale #koel @homelab @homelab_de
Anna sichert Spotify
Nahezu der komplette Musikkatalog von Spotify ist ausserhalb des Streaming-Dienstes öffentlich zugänglich geworden. Verantwortlich ist das Projekt Anna’s Archive, das bislang vor allem für das Archivieren von Büchern und wissenschaftlichen Texten bekannt war.
From the #50501movement:
"In the wake of the execution of Renee Nicole Macklin Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis yesterday, #Spotify has confirmed that ICE recruitment ads are no longer running on the platform. The ads, first reported last October, were part of the Trump administration’s push to hire at least 10,000 more deportation officers by 2025, a policy that sparked outrage across immigrant, artist, and listener communities."
Anna’s Archive loses .org domain, says suspension likely unrelated to Spotify piracy
We don’t believe this has to do with our Spotify backup,
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/annas-archive-loses-org-domain-says-suspension-likely-unrelated-to-spotify-piracy/#annas-archive #policy #shadow-library #spotify
My new #podcast story is here. Two friends take a little stop off vacation on an island away from work. But that takes a turn when they discovery something... available on #YouTube and #Spotify. #audiodrama #fiction #story #storytelling #audiobook #audiostory https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Tn1t8nNAqSBGJh5McxXTI?si=Mc0KpbCSTrCBX30Atgt0bQ
"omg why isn't this on #spotify" shut upp shut uppp use an illegal downloader website and put it on ur phone. burn it onto a cd with the media player on your shitty laptop. get a refurbished mp3 player and put thousands of songs on there. im kissing u on the forehead and leaving behind a lipstick mark shaped like a usb drive. stop letting spotify define your music listening habits.
Found out my kid uses #spotify I want to recommend an alternative. What's the best alternatives to suggest to them? thx.
Adding #BoycottSpotify because I assume people following that hashtag will know other options.
A short #story for this week's #podcast episode. A Christmas tale on Christmas about a lost cat and the hopes that it will return home. Check it out on #YouTube or #Spotify if you like #fiction. #audiodrama #stories #storytelling #audiobook #audiofiction #audio https://www.youtube.com/@runningsentences1687
Hacktivists claim near-total Spotify music scrape
#Spotify
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/12/hacktivists-claim-near-total-spotify-music-scrape
Holy moly, Anna's Archive hat Spotify gescraped und archiviert: ~ 300 TiB
https://annas-archive.org/blog/backing-up-spotify.html
Alleine die Datenbank mit allen Metadaten ist schon 200 GiB und wird munter via Torrent geteilt
Found this program by a Blind developer. Flux. Has an interface for Audio Vault too, but I mainly use the accessible internet radio because it presents a desktop interface to all these web services and that's something I love! It has other interfaces for YouTube and Spotify, etc. https://ims-productions.com/flux #Software #InternetRadio #Radio #YouTube #Spotify
Ich hatte gestern ein kurzes Gespräch mit Leuten aus dem Musikbusiness (Label, Agentur). Es ging um #Streaming und Bezahlung der Artists. Fazit:"Niemand zahlt (Edit hat aus 'zählt' ein 'zahlt' gemacht) schlechter als #Spotify... Außer #Youtube."
Also falls ihr einen leicht umzusetzenden guten Vorsatz für's neue Jahr sucht?
Wie wäre es damit, von Spotify zu einem anderen Streamingservice zu wechseln? Vom Musikangebot gibt es kaum Unterschiede und die meisten Services bieten an, die Playlists zu migrieren.
Kostet euch nur ein paar Klicks und das Geld wird fairer verteilt.
#Musik #Music #FairPay
Wnat to quit Spotify but hate the idea of losing your playlists?
Here's how to download your playlists - as open-format .CSV for import into anything! https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1pbmdg7/comment/nrrggdm/
It's kind of easy to see how broken and morally bankrupt the #MusicStreaming business model by #Spotify and Co is if you consider that none of the major streaming services simply bans #AI generated #music. They just want to keep you streaming. They don't give a flying fuck about art, artists and music.
So you want people to create accounts with "#Spotify", a predatory company that gives mere pennies to most artists, to fill the pockets of a few.
Which other streaming services are you partnering with, to funnel people into their signup processes?
The internet just made a 300TB copy of Spotify! (Updated: Spotify reaction)
Nearly all of Spotify has been scraped, and it's already on torrents.
https://www.androidauthority.com/spotify-annas-archive-3627023/
✒️i wrote a bit about anna's archive's entire backup of spotify! https://blog.j4ck.xyz/3majmlxo6vs2c
My newest #podcast episode now available on #YouTube and #Spotify is a short #story. A tale of a madman who has plans and a device which he claims will help fix the world. Or might ruin it? #audiodrama #storytelling #fiction #audiobook https://open.spotify.com/episode/4qnWZpurOyEXBqhXqqfDXE?si=jseuS64yTyirgUyJJ2-T1w
Ouch that hurt... But I did it, I cancelled Spotify.
Can't spend money on an ICE and dystopian warfare backing company anymore. The Mastodon collective of users brought me to this...
It's a pity for such a good service. 😢 #spotify
I think the reality is that “most” people don’t pay a subscription to #Spotify to pay musicians.
They subscribe to stop ads interrupting their music listening experience.
The Trump administration threatened retaliation against the European Union in response to efforts to tax American tech companies, singling out prominent companies, including #Accenture, #Siemens and #Spotify, as possible targets for new restrictions or fees.
This week's #podcast episode is a short story. A tale of a madman who wants to take over the world? Or maybe help it? If only he could find the stuff he needed. Check it out on #YouTube or #spotify if you like #fiction and #storytelling. #audiodrama #story #audiobook https://open.spotify.com/show/6HJAHkuM81Nv5YcVsli2FM?si=WUvXPhvYSqCbcHL8j9Uc3Q
Amazon Basics Smart Dimmer Switch and Remote for Music and Routines
It's good for falling asleep to music as a basic physical remote control for volume, track skipping etc, without having to wake yourself up yelling commands or looking at a bright screen.
I do wish it came with a dedicated TPU soft case / cover to protect it from falling off the bed onto a hard floor.
Also when I initially set it up, I could setup *both* long press and single tap for a total of 8 commands.
It happened to fall on the hard floor so I had to reset it. And now I only get one option for each button. Anyone have ideas how to go about fixing this, thank you.
#amazon #alexa #echo #amazonecho #echopop #echodot #echoremote #spotify #sleep #physicalremote
Weg von #Spotify? Nachdem du diesen Artikel gelesen hast, wahrscheinlich schon.
Spoti-Ciao! Warum ich mein Spotify-Abo gekündigt habe
https://www.giga.de/entertainment/spoti-ciao-warum-ich-mein-spotify-abo-gekuendigt-habe--01KC6QJMFXT5RWT5K81BX55V45
If I were on #spotify, I’d cancel my subscription/account immediately.
King Gizzard pulled their music from the platform so Spotify has replaced it with #AI knockoffs of their music. As if paying almost nothing for streaming wasn’t evil enough, they’re now using LLMs trained on stolen content to pay artists nothing at all.
https://futurism.com/future-society/king-gizzard-spotify-ai-knockoff
UI/UX-Slop - Spotify versus NCspot
In diesem Artikel geht es um einen Vergleich der Extreme. Der Spotify-Electron-Client tritt gegen den Spotify-TUI-Client an. Es geht um das User Interface und die User Experience.
#Spotify #ncspot #UI/UX #Benutzererfahrung #GUI_Design #User_Interface #User_Experience #Linux
Things have unfolded in a different direction than Dante had thought they would and it could end the world. Check out the last part of my #podcast #story on #Youtube or #spotify. #audiodrama #storytelling #audiofiction #fiction https://open.spotify.com/episode/6pXSukU42VbAHtMQhf2hez
💼 Spotify is hiring a Data Scientist - Company Planning and Execution (CPE)
Location: 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
#DataScience #DataScientist #tech #JobSearch #GetFediHired #HashyJobs #UK #Spotify
https://datasciencejobs.com/jobs/data-scientist-spotify-united-kingdom-60/
Well, I did it: subscribed to #Tidal and transferred my #Spotify playlists. Spent $6 extra for the family plan so our adult kids can escape Spotify too. Once Lyricdancer retrieves her playlists I'll cancel Spotify, and I encourage others to do the same.
Criticism of Spotify - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Spotify
🤯 #spotify hat mir heute einen 2025 Wrap geschickt. Aufgrund meines Hörverhaltens wird mein Alter mit 57 angegeben. What?
Ich schließe daraus, dass die Musik der letzten Jahre einfach immer schlechter wurde und somit unhörbar 😜
#schenklradio wie ist da Eure Meinung zu?
@schenklklopfer
@Blumi147
@DJRNDM
@MisterB
@AleXusher