In the 2010s I used to do youtube to MP3. But the youtube recommendations have been dog shit. So I use spotify to look for the obscure different music.

[–] Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world 32 points 3 months ago (1 children)

https://sportnewscast.co.uk/spotify-gives-reasons-system-downs-toxicity-album-isnt-spotify/

Always about freakin money

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And as a result, people will find that album someplace that doesn't cost any money.

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 11 points 3 months ago

🤔

[–] protist@mander.xyz 13 points 3 months ago

It's streaming on Pandora. I suspect the issue has more to do with Spotify than Spotify lets on in this press release

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

If you download symphony on your phone and put the mp3 there no one will remove it but you. Music streaming is designed to rob us of ownership. Though it is dope to find new tracks with.

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh no! Streaming being an awful mess? There are solutions for that :)

[–] Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I only stream so that I can find new music. I'm not savy to find out other means. I have the album copied personally I just thought it was weird it was off a streaming platform

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yeah I get that, I've been there. Its quite comfortable to use Spotify to get recommendations based on your played music. But there has been a solution before Spotify has been a thing: Scrobbling (as popularised by Last.fm) your Music.

Be it via last.fm and plugins to your music player or a different service like Listenbrainz all together.

I concede though that this process is a bit more involved.

And yes I agree with you, it's weird.

[–] ihatefascist@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago

I'd advise to pirate and selfhost, spotify barely pays the artists any money anyway

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

download the album locally - https://github.com/justin025/onthespot

[–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago

You. I like you!

[–] Eeyore_Syndrome@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago

https://tidal.com/browse/album/17825550?u

[–] Parasail2109@jlai.lu 6 points 3 months ago

Glad I switched to selfhosted Jellyfin for music. It not the only album that was removed through my 5 year of using spotify. Pain in the ass to download everything but worth it.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

some bands are re-releaseing remastered albums, could be in transition

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The kombucha mushroom people.

[–] rigatti@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

That's on their first album.