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What's an alternative to Spotify that doesn't play you the same fucking songs over and over? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am in an intense love-hate relationship with Spotify. It makes good mixes for me, I have found a lot of great bands that way. BUT IT KEEPS REGURGITATING THE SAME SONGS IN THERE. I know about Song Radios and Artist Radios, so please don't recommend those. Smart Shuttle doesn't cut it, either.

The best thing would be several randomness sliders. One for randomness in bands, the other for randnomness of their songs, one for genres. Please tell me some music service has implemented something like that. I am dying over here.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

~~And it is free to stream!~~ (2015) ~~And it is only 2.99 $~~ (2018) ~~And it’s only 4.99!~~ (2020) And it’s only 10.99! (2023)

We went from free to 132$ in 8 years for (check notes) listening to the radio.

Is everyone cool with paying 20$ a month in 2028?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

The service has improved every time though in Apple’s defense…and if there’s one company I actually trust to improve on its services it is Apple (not a fanboy, they have their own issues, just delivering quality consistently isn’t one of them).

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think most people use it in bundles with other Apple subscriptions like iCloud and TV

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They have all gone up in price:

The most marked increase is in the overall Apple One bundle. Its lowest, or individual tier, used to cost $16.95 per month but as of now, it is $19.95 per month.

Similarly, the Family Apple One tier has risen from $22.95/month to $25.95/month. And the Premier tier is now up from $32.95 to $37.95.

The price rise for Apple One comes at the same time as increases for many of its major constituent services.

Apple TV+ was $6.99/month, now $9.99 Apple News+ was $9.99/month, now $12.99 Apple Arcade was $4.99/month, now $6.99

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

We’ll have to see how long subscription services will be able to raise prices. I hope that there will be some disruption soon.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I am when Apple Music pays the artists 3x what Spotify does per stream. At least my money is going to the content creators, not some dickhead Spotify exec.