I use ListenBrainz nowadays as the metadata is so much better at handling edge cases than Last.fm is (e.g. featured artists in the artist tag) and I honestly just use Rate Your Music for recommendations now.
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Covenience. Most people really don't care about that as long as they can get whatever Android app they have on their computer. I say this as a Waydroid user.
Ditto on Apple Music. Lossless at no extra cost with a much better UX than all except maybe Spotify. Wasn't a fan of Tidal's UX compared to Spotify and Apple Music, and Deezer still has this weird hard limit of 2,000 tracks on playlists. For comparison, Spotify has a 10,000 track limit and Apple Music has none (not to be confused with the 100k song library limit).
My main reason for sticking with Apple Music lately was the library management, particularly when syncing local songs. I have some music I got from Bandcamp that is not on streaming at all. On Spotify, you can't have them alongside your liked songs, while on Apple Music, they're treated as part of your music library and therefore much more streamlined than Spotify's.
I actually do have Fallen Order, still gotta complete that. My gaming sessions come in waves lol. I recently finished the main story of Watch Dogs Legion on PC so I should go and complete Fallen Order's.
Just checked this project out, the single colour icon theming looks really good.
How's Tumbleweed treating ya? I find that when it comes to rolling release I'm very much comfy with the Arch-based distros.
Liking the layout as well, I honestly might look at this or something similar. IDK, the old Windows-style layout is getting kinda boring, want to spice up my workflow a bit.
Beat Saber. It's a fun workout. Trying to play almost every track I have, both base and DLC.
I presume some of the margarine ended up on the image.
There's also EmuDeck that automates this process too.
Might want to save some Twitch VODs. I've heard some places have been streaming r/place. Those would be useful.
Part of me doesn't like the fact that this is just giving Reddit engagement.
But another part of me is happy that this is here, even if it'll inevitably get destroyed this is honestly a really sweet gesture.
If recommendations are what you want, I'd honestly look at getting an account with Rate Your Music if you haven't already and populating ratings with music you love and hate. Yes, the community can be very snobby and cynical at times and the site is slow-updating, but at the same time I've gotten some great recommendations, both from the community and the site's algorithms, while streaming can be very hit or miss. There's no app, but at the same time your recommendations aren't tied to one streaming service, so you can use any service that fits your needs or sail the seas while still getting good recommendations.
RYM has two algorithms to help you find some interesting music, based on finding highly rated music and your taste in genres and descriptors: there's one that recommends music it thinks you'll like, and another that's the opposite of your music taste, to challenge you to get you out your comfort zone. I have found stuff I've loved in both. Paid supporters (iirc monthly is £2 while a year is roughly £20 depending on currency conversion) do get access to tweaking the algorithm to fit their needs, as well as visual access to the data that fuels your recommendations, but I don't mind paying for it over Spotify/AM. Might be worth having a look.