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Google admits Spotify pays no Play Store fees because of a secret deal | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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[–] 6 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

Buying the music and selfhosting a streaming server is an option, though obviously not for everyone

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It’s actually really easy if you just invest in a Synology NAS. You can install the music server package with a few clicks and copy music to the folder, then open a port on your firewall and the Synology music app streams it. Pretty nifty

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    As a Spotify user, I'm not really ok with how much they pay artists... But I don't use Spotify for "streaming" even though I stream a lot from them, I use it to discover new music, find obscure bands, their algorithm is amazing at that.

    I could easily selfhost as you suggested, but then it would be my own music bubble.

    I go to concerts and buy merchandise as much as possible when I want to support an artist.

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