Spotify has raised prices for the second time in a year, with no new benefits, after its CEO sparked outrage by claiming the cost of creating 'content' is 'close to zero' - eviltoast
  • Queue@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    5 months ago

    Here’s a few things that are cheaper!

    • Soulseek/Nicotine+
    • Usenet Groups
    • Libraries (only if your local one has CDs, and often is popular music and no indie stuff) And if you want some album art: MusicBrainz Picard

    If you want it on your phone, SD cards are cheaper than ever for big space. Unless you’re on iPhone.

    • Welp_im_damned@lemdro.id
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      5 months ago

      Unfortunately most android phones are slowly phasing away the SD card slot. The only flagship that still supports it is Sony with their Xperia. I don’t know of any major mid-rangers models that still support it. The only low end phones now. But the overall experience is painful.

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        5 months ago

        On the positive note though, the migration process during the setup wizard copies all your music to the new phone

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          5 months ago

          That really isn’t much of a positive note if you have a lot of data. You are forced to buy the higher tier storage if that’s even available to you.

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          5 months ago

          Even Xiaomi are getting rid of the MicroSD slot now (and the headphone jack). At least onboard storage has been starting to increase again, although it’s not close to the amount a SD slot can provide.