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I'm going insane. I cannot for the life of me find a suitable way to listen to music privately. I'm on iOS, and I don't know whether to just stick to Apple Music or give up on music in general (I tried, TRIED to go local, but all the apps are shitty). Any way to listen to music and not have your data compromised? Should I just stick to Apple Music and hope that laws change (maybe something like EU's DMA?)

Edit: Hey all! First of all, thank you so much for all the recommendations! I've discovered so many great apps and tools I didn't even know existed (and it has also brought my hopes up for privacy in general). Even though it's still not perfect, I've been using foobar2000 on iOS, downloading music I find (I'm still using Apple Music for discovery, but will probably stop when my subscription ends this month). For desktop I'm using HyperPipe, which although a little buggy at times is so awesome! One thing I do miss about this system is the lack of lyrics. Apple Music has such a beautiful UI when it comes with lyrics, but you can't have it all when it comes to privacy it seems. Thanks for the amazing discussion! I'm so far loving Lemmy ;)

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'll be honest, the only way to listen to music privately is to download it. (And using an opensource music player)

There are Github repositories with CLI programs to download complete Spotify playlists with Youtube and also download their metadata.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

there are also CDs and vinyl ๐Ÿคท

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

something brilliant I've found with modern vinyl is a lot of them come with a download card so you can get lossless files.

now if they would just fucking advertise which ones that would be great.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I still buy CDs. And back then up to play in my truck. And rip them.

I still think OWNING media is a good idea. No privacy issues at all.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah. Buy it directly from the artist then throw it all into a self hosted service like plex or jellyfin.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If you only need music streaming, then a service like Navidrome may be better.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nicotine+ and Plexamp

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do people not just download music anymore?

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm 26, and don't know anyone, myself included, who purchases and downloads music to any significant degree. Essentially everyone I know just uses streaming platforms.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds terrible for privacy.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Respectfully, I think you may be drastically overestimating how much average people care about that.

[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Well, considering the community this discussion is in...

And, respectfully, the average person doesn't seem to give much of a fuck about anything other their own base desires most of the time.

[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Is there something wrong with mp3s?