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Nostalgia

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nostalgia noun nos·tal·gia nä-ˈstal-jə nə-, also nȯ-, nō-; nə-ˈstäl- 1: a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition also : something that evokes nostalgia

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[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 1 points 2 years ago

We used to own our music!

Totally didn’t download all of it from LimeWire.

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I recently began de-corpoing my life, and spotify is my most recent cancellation after I was a premium subscriber since soon after its launch.

Took a bit of effort to convert my library, but I found a useful app to automate the process. And now I have my library back, offline and on my devices forever and for free.

It's actually kind of empowering, reclaiming your life from subscription hell and corporate voyeurism.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is one of those things that I dream of doing one of these days. I'd love to have a massive media library stored locally, so that I'm not chained to streaming services.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The next best time is today.

Also, Amazon Music sells DRM-free MP3 files, if you don't feel like sailing.

[–] reev@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Or just buy on Bandcamp if the artist is on there. Support artists really directly (they get 85-90% of what you pay for an item) and you usually get a royalty free lossless download as well as subscription-less streaming.

Hope recent dealings doesn't fuck up this absolute gem of a site.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I use Winamp on my PC.

First of all, it respects albums. Other players like VLC and Fubar2000 would order the songs alphabetically; it's annoying. Also in the "artist" list "The Beatles" comes right after "Beasty Boys" the way God intended.

Second it has an "always on top" feature so you can easily control it while gaming.

Winamp was made for people who listen to music the way I do. You know, old people.

[–] witty_username@feddit.nl 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I am still looking to find an alternative to winamp that does the album sorting well

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

AIMP on Windows (and probably Wine). Has good converter and tag editor as a bonus. You can try v2 or v3, they are pretty different. Both support Last.fm scrobbling if it's still relevant. The android app is nice too but I haven't used it that much. It kept my evergrowing library nicely structurized, mostly folder-based, with a little effort. It's russian, but I haven't noticed it doing anything funny, and it's probably too niche since most people use streaming nowadays.