Introducing Messages, A New Way To Share What You Love on Spotify with Friends and Family — Spotify
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Recommendations have always been at the heart of the Spotify experience. Friends and family share their favorite music, podcasts, audiobooks, and more from Spotify millions of times each month. That’s because word of mouth is one of the most powerful ways for people to discover their next favorite track.  Spotify users have told us they...

I’ve done it. I’ve finally reached my “old man yells at cloud” moment. Why, why, WHY is Spotify adding features straight out of the social media playbook?

Anybody have recommendations for alternatives?

In my head there’s:

YouTube music (google, gross)

Apple music (no way they’re not on a similar trajectory)

Bandcamp (limited, but at least bands see some money from it)

SoundCloud (weird reputation, though haven’t come back around to it in a good 10 years)

Tidal maybe? Would love to hear some recommendations.

Edit: I neglected to mention why I don’t like the messaging feature. I’ve never used it, yet with a few of my friends there are already dozens of song exchanges in the thread. It’s clear that spotify has been using user-specific links for a while now to track who sends what to who. That’s a pretty clear anti-feature for me, and is enough to make me jump ship.

  • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    5·
    3 days ago

    That’s so much effort and clutter when you can just download MP3s or FLACs from the web.

    • Rose56@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      Indeed, with services like bandcamp, Beatport and Trax source, you can download load MP4, WAV and many more.

      • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        I was thinking more getting into OPH or RED or using SLSK, but whatever you like to do!

            • JigglySackles@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              2 days ago

              Ahhh, lol guess that’s why I didn’t recognize them. I don’t have any contavts to get in to private trackers. They ever do open signups?

              • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                2·
                2 days ago

                I believe OPH has signups sometimes, but I’m not sure. RED is interview only, but it’s not too tough to get into!

                  • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                    2·
                    2 days ago

                    Well, it used to be the only way to get in is to get an invite from someone who knows and trusts you. For many trackers (BTN, PTP, BIB?) that’s still the only way. It’s sweet that some nice trackers have interviews.