is self-hosted streaming a thing?
this post was submitted on 13 Apr 2026
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use the Arr stack, AAARRR sail the seas.
Now that's interesting. Gotta look into Arr.
Jellyfin is how I host it. You can connect with Navidrome, the Jellyfin app, or just with a browser.
thanks. Gotta check it out.
If you don't have a particularly large collection, use yt-dl to get audio files and store them locally on your devices (or possibly on an SD card if your phone still supports one)
so the old-school way is still The Way. Good to know. Thx. Gotta dust off my MP3 player.
An old cellphone makes a decent one too. I heart VLC
Winamp gang 4 life!
Hey we said you get 30 minutes we never said consecutive… I bet you have like a bank of stored minutes and they continue expiring while you’re not listening. So legally you get the full 30 minutes…. Just not when you expected to.
Ads take up those "30 minutes of ad-free listening"
I’ll just keep downloading music thanks.
yt-dlp https://xyzrecords.bandcamp.com/track/bla
I often end up buying the music anyway, but sometimes I need a while to decide if I actually like a piece of music, or which of the albums of a new-to-me artist I want to buy.
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obligatory fuck spotify. the worst streaming service ever https://youtu.be/x6x5t0cj1sM
Also the only one with a Linux client
It's unofficially done by some Devs in their free time. I low key hate that it's publicised as having a Linux client, other devices also have unofficial clients.
Tidal also has Tidal-HiFi, an electron wrapper of the web client that enables HiFi music, which is pretty much all I care for a desktop client. It also pays artists much better so... Yeah.
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I’m more bothered by there being ads inserted in podcasts when I’m a paying customer tbh
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You get 30 minutes of ad-free listening, but not all in a row. Sounds like you got 8 minutes worth already; after this ad, you can get another 8 minutes.
That's supposed to be a comma - "Enjoy 30 minutes of ad, free listening"
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Real radio be like: 30 minutes of music free ads. I literally stopped listening to FM radio because I would drive to another town 45 minutes away and not hear a single fucking song.
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30 minutes of ad free music. Not all in a row though.
Dispersed over a 10 year period.
You can sue them. If is not specified that must be in a row you CAN sue, or at least you can report them with the competent organization. It's in normal language, not legal language. People using spotify are not lawyers, are normal people. If the thing says "30 minutes free" it do must mean that, no "ooohhh you mean, 30 minutes, like, in row??" bullshit.
Fuck Spotify. Also, I can't hear the music that I want in their free plan, because I choose some song and the platform plays whatever they want. Again, fuck them.
You can sue them.
Excited to collect $.26 in damages after six years in court.
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In retrospect, it could be hilariously worth it to buy an ad spot and just play that "enjoy 30 minutes of ad free listening" blurb.
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