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Fastpotify

https://fastpotify.rocks/
52•nreece•1h ago

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wilted-iris•32m ago
Spotify is in the process of killing the librespot project that this and most third party Spotify players are built on. I think the golden age of music streaming is coming to an end. I’ve migrated to a self hosted library with streaming and radio for discovery. I hope we’ll see many projects in the space flourish. Many, like Navidrome and the whole OpenSubsonic ecosystem, seem to be doing quite well.
nan60•23m ago
> radio for discovery

Would you be willing to share a bit more about this setup? The only thing keeping my on streaming is the fact that its almost impossible to find new music otherwise. I know LastFM exists but it just doesn't click for me the way that streaming does. I like discovering music organically.

dylan604•12m ago
> radio for discovery

was a big question mark I had to as well. The Clear Channel and iHeart stations are not known for discovery. Now if you find a college station or by some miracle an independent station you can get some new stuff. My favorite local college station is also ad free. They also have an app which I lean on as it's not the strongest transmitter so their coverage is spotty. Maybe there's other indy stations with apps as well??

pbasista•11m ago
> Spotify is in the process of killing the librespot project

How could they possibly do that? They cannot prevent people or AI from reverse engineering their APIs.

TingPing•4m ago
Depends on how much they care. They can take down repos containing any keys, or use heuristics to block clients.
protocolture•10m ago
>I think the golden age of music streaming is coming to an end.

Already ended for me. They killed the plan I was on, and then started sending me begging emails to sign up for a new, more expensive one.

But once I experienced their platform with ads, I just stopped using it entirely.

ralfhn•28m ago
It takes five minutes to make a website look less obviously AI-generated.
brendanmc6•25m ago
It takes five seconds to scroll to the bottom and see that it's a Jekyll theme before posting a negative comment
danilafe•13m ago
Surely they're referring to the llm-isms in the text?
minitech•12m ago
A Jekyll theme from the same person as this project, yes.
fishgoesblub•27m ago
Spotify used to use Qt for its desktop client. Good times.
zoky•14m ago
It supports WinAmp skins too… Dare I say it?
hdjrudni•10m ago
It really whips the llama's ass?
Walf•11m ago
Fuck Spotify. Even if you don't care about the ethics of Daniel Ek's investments, the platform itself is crap. One of the lowest paying to artists, not paying at all unless they hit a threshold, and the catalogue is filling up with AI slop, which they push on users via 'radio' and 'mix' playlists, so they can pay even less royalties. No, thanks.
SuperMouse•10m ago
I've tested Deezer for half a year. The software quality was horrible.

Had a lot of crashes, it often took many many seconds to change between the songs and often getting stuck, the buffering algorithm was nuts and eating a lot of bandwidth.

Everything on a standard Pixel. Full 5G coverage was available.

Alternatives?

monster_truck•10m ago
I hacked the official client apart to hide some bullshit (like podcasts) and fix bugs that were pissing me off. Shared it exactly once and it stopped working within a month. Bugs were still there too

I stopped sharing after that.

Fastpotify

https://fastpotify.rocks/
61•nreece•1h ago•18 comments

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177•geox•1d ago•51 comments

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178•reasonableklout•2d ago•104 comments