I've been meaning to distance myself from Spotify for a while now but I've got a lot on my plate and their service has been very convenient. I've been paying for no ads since 2014 so I haven't heard the ads personally but have seen multiple sources online describe them and confirm they they haven't stopped as of today. I cancelled immediately. Not sure how many Spotify users there are on Lemmy but I just thought y'all ought to know what they're up to. Spotify let's you write a message saying why you're cancelling and I was very descriptive. Hopefully they'll back down just like Disney with Jimmy Kimmel.

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[–] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Qobuz app also works on Linux nowadays. Has a couple issues that you have to fix, and one minor annoyance I haven’t figured out how to solve.

EDIT: Here's a guide on how to use Qobuz on Linux. With a newer version than the one used in that guide, the Qobuz app (including the installer) opens minimized to system tray. I don't know if this is a feature in the app itself or something with Wine. But other than that it works great.

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

There's also a fantastic third party Qobuz client for linux. It's CLI, but if you launch it with --web it launches a local web client that's point and click. You can choose any audio quality up to 24bit/192Khz.

I have it hooked up to my hifi system and connect through ssh to control it from my laptop or phone. Works great.

[–] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Qobuz apps/players can also be controlled with other Qobuz apps. For example, if you have Qobuz running on your computer, you can control it with the Qobuz app on your phone.

That CLI player is probably better if you just want a remotely controlled headless player, and don't need the Qobuz integration.

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Cool, I wasn't aware of that! Might be worth checking out.

I'm the unfortunate owner of a few Sonos speakers, and Sonos controls are not well integrated in the Qobuz app yet. But I think I heard rumours that better integration being on its way - this is where I would really benefit from being able to control with the Qobuz app. (right now I'm using noson, which is at least much better than the official Sonos app)

[–] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I think they released Qobuz Connect earlier this year. Sonos doesn't seem to be included, though.

https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/connect

https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/discover/apps-partners -> Audio

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 2 points 5 days ago

Thanks!

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

And here I've just been using it through a web browser...

[–] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 days ago

Just earlier this year it wasn’t possible to install Qobuz on Linux. I guess the Wine team implemented something that fixed the problem.