Spotify's API is going Pay for Play, starting today. You must have a premium subscription to use it.
Funkwhale, Bandwagon get ready.
https://developer.spotify.com/blog/2026-02-06-update-on-developer-access-and-platform-security
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
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Well it seems like #Spotify is the first platform I use that is becoming unusable due to AI slop. Today every second title is AI generated and it sucks to block the "artist" every time only to get another slop. I used to like the random playlists to discover new artists but this is the past. Looks like I finally have to stick to the artists I know and recommendations of people I know combined with a local library. I doubt the other platforms are any better.
Well it seems like #Spotify is the first platform I use that is becoming unusable due to AI slop. Today every second title is AI generated and it sucks to block the "artist" every time only to get another slop. I used to like the random playlists to discover new artists but this is the past. Looks like I finally have to stick to the artists I know and recommendations of people I know combined with a local library. I doubt the other platforms are any better.
Leo
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🥁 Vi presento TUNECAMP!
Un mix tra Spotify e Bandcamp, ma self-hosted & decentralizzato. Pubblichi sulla tua istanza, ti ascoltano nel network globale. 🌍 Non sei un artista , no problema usalo pure come media library.
È in BETA! Giratelo ai vostri amici musicisti nerd. 🤓
📡https://tunecamp.vercel.app
🎧 https://tunecamp.scobrudot.dev/ (mia instanza)
💻 https://github.com/scobru/tunecamp
#selfhost #music #spotify #bandcamp #freedom #gundb #shoguneco #decentralized #p2p #tunecamp #artist #label #opensource #server
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🥁 Vi presento TUNECAMP!
Un mix tra Spotify e Bandcamp, ma self-hosted & decentralizzato. Pubblichi sulla tua istanza, ti ascoltano nel network globale. 🌍 Non sei un artista , no problema usalo pure come media library.
È in BETA! Giratelo ai vostri amici musicisti nerd. 🤓
📡https://tunecamp.vercel.app
🎧 https://tunecamp.scobrudot.dev/ (mia instanza)
💻 https://github.com/scobru/tunecamp
#selfhost #music #spotify #bandcamp #freedom #gundb #shoguneco #decentralized #p2p #tunecamp #artist #label #opensource #server
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Wouter Tebbens ⁂
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@Wtebbens
Wanna get off spotify?
Freegal is offered via libraries, where you can stream 24-7 and download 5 songs a week. There's 2.6 million albums, including the Sony catalog, Black Flag, Husker Du and harder to find compilation albums.
There's also radio.garden, featuring searchable radio stations around the world. Between those two, I'm pretty much sorted for music :)
#spotify #SpotifyAlternatives
The royalty system is broken. Spotify unilaterally changed royalty payment rules to artists.
"Musicians might notice that 87% of tracks now receive the same from Spotify as from Anna's Archive: zero"
"Since April 2024, no track with fewer than a thousand streams a year on Spotify can claim any royalties from the platform. According to music data researchers Luminate, that’s 175.5 million tracks unaccounted to by Spotify, out of a total 202 million."
https://dadadrummer.substack.com/p/anti-copyright-extremists
@Wtebbens
Wanna get off spotify?
Freegal is offered via libraries, where you can stream 24-7 and download 5 songs a week. There's 2.6 million albums, including the Sony catalog, Black Flag, Husker Du and harder to find compilation albums.
There's also radio.garden, featuring searchable radio stations around the world. Between those two, I'm pretty much sorted for music :)
#spotify #SpotifyAlternatives
Àlex Duran
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Diversos colectivos de la #EconomíaSolidaria en España se han movilizado para salir de Spotify y este 30 de enero te invitamos a irnos de #Spotify a plataformas más justas y humanas.
EcoTienda La Chiwi ya lo hizo en diciembre de 2025 como parte de su esfuerzo de ser congruente con sus valores de felicidad, bienestar y sostenibilidad.
https://www.economiasolidaria.org/noticias/vamonos-juntas-de-spotify/
Diversos colectivos de la #EconomíaSolidaria en España se han movilizado para salir de Spotify y este 30 de enero te invitamos a irnos de #Spotify a plataformas más justas y humanas.
EcoTienda La Chiwi ya lo hizo en diciembre de 2025 como parte de su esfuerzo de ser congruente con sus valores de felicidad, bienestar y sostenibilidad.
https://www.economiasolidaria.org/noticias/vamonos-juntas-de-spotify/
Spotify won court order against Anna’s Archive, taking down .org domain - Ars Technica
hypebot
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TL;DR: Man braucht kein Spotify, um Podcasts zu hören.
Gestern kamen wir beim Schreibtreffen auf #Spotify und der Autorenkollege meinte, er nutzt es ja gar nicht für Musik, hört aber #Podcasts. Hold my OPML! Ich hab ihm freie Podcast-Apps (Podcatcher) gezeigt und alle vier seiner Lieblingspodcasts frei im Netz und im Verzeichnis gefunden. Er und die Kollegin wollen jetzt direkt umsteigen.
TL;DR: Man braucht kein Spotify, um Podcasts zu hören.
Gestern kamen wir beim Schreibtreffen auf #Spotify und der Autorenkollege meinte, er nutzt es ja gar nicht für Musik, hört aber #Podcasts. Hold my OPML! Ich hab ihm freie Podcast-Apps (Podcatcher) gezeigt und alle vier seiner Lieblingspodcasts frei im Netz und im Verzeichnis gefunden. Er und die Kollegin wollen jetzt direkt umsteigen.
Leo
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Hi #fediverse! I was about to try this little shared playlists app (https://www.jukeboxhq.com/) with a group of friends but it doesn't seem to be working anymore 😢
Do you know of any alternative (online, no account required, no app to install preferably)? It's meant to replace #spotify's shared playlists.
Thank you for boosting!
#NoSpotify #foss #music #sharingmusic #Playlist #youtubemusic
Hi #fediverse! I was about to try this little shared playlists app (https://www.jukeboxhq.com/) with a group of friends but it doesn't seem to be working anymore 😢
Do you know of any alternative (online, no account required, no app to install preferably)? It's meant to replace #spotify's shared playlists.
Thank you for boosting!
#NoSpotify #foss #music #sharingmusic #Playlist #youtubemusic
fedicat
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"There have been times where people are like, “I read your book and then I canceled Spotify and I got Apple Music!” That kind of misses a lot of the point that this book lands on..."
Thanks to @misty for pointing out the Mirlo mention! ❤️🐦⬛
#Streaming #Spotify #Music #DIY #DIYMusic #Indie #MoodMachine #LizPelly #HearingThings #Music #MusicNews #Musicians
"There have been times where people are like, “I read your book and then I canceled Spotify and I got Apple Music!” That kind of misses a lot of the point that this book lands on..."
Thanks to @misty for pointing out the Mirlo mention! ❤️🐦⬛
#Streaming #Spotify #Music #DIY #DIYMusic #Indie #MoodMachine #LizPelly #HearingThings #Music #MusicNews #Musicians
@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:
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Shout out to #SearchEngine #Podcast for talking about the #Fediverse on their latest episode, bringing in more users and growing the network with people who like informative media. I always appreciate new users coming in!
Also welcome to @kevin and the new #Forkiverse instance they've started! Always nice to see new instances!
If you have #Spotify or #Apple accounts, please go hit the like button equivalent on their episode!
https://www.searchengine.show/the-fediverse-experiment/