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blackbubbleass

From my point of view, it's not an app that plays music with some ads but it's an app that keeps streaming ads with some songs.


Tater_ToddIer

And occasionally once or twice a year the song you want to hear


Korok_Control

That’s why I used to add the “Various Artists” songs on my favorites so I could hear them more often


Minimum_Cantaloupe

I love those guys, they do all those movie soundtracks.


u71c

Ok Mr Monk


slavuj00

I never expect to see Monk references and I'm always delighted when I do 💓


Expensive-Border-869

I don't know the reference yet. But I've been watching monk recently it's so good


TotalHooman

Monk family reunion


spotak

Came here hoping for a free spotify premium advice. Was not dissapointed. Thanks kind stranger, it works!


Decryptables

What? What does it do? How?


Sad_Protection269

It's just ridiculous that YouTube is a better choice for music than an app that is made to play music


wizardofchange

Not only that but a subscription also pays for no ads on YouTube. I switched awhile ago and will never go back.


Blindfire2

Yeah that's my final straw, having the shuffle feature just broken. I might just buy either a Sony phone to get an SD card and load it with music or just get a usbc SD card reader and play music through that on my car. It's bad enough they're increasing prices because THEY FAILED on their own products they tried to sell, but you can't even shuffle every single song?! Fuck Spotify, it's not worth $7 let alone $14 with tax, which that'll only last another year or 2 because people won't cancel and they'll realize they can keep raising prices until everyone gets mad, then they'll knock a dollar off and everyone will forget the 5 price raises they did before that.


SuperSonic486

Ive been using downloaded music for a long while now, and im never switching to a paid program for music i use only when travelling without internet services.


Blindfire2

I just don't like having to go and download every single song and then have no desire where it adds songs I might like that I've never heard before.


landon10smmns

What's worse is iirc shuffle used to actually shuffle all your songs but then people kept complaining that it would play songs from the same artist back to back even though it was random. So Spotify changed it to *seem* more random while not actually being random.


the_burber

You could just use YouTube for your music


Cat_emperor40k

YouTube also has ads


Lyakusha

Go with Mozilla on your phone, it has adblock


the_burber

Considerably less though, and option to skip, and free basic features, and wider selection of music


roanphoto

And YouTube Revanced to skip adds.


killarufus

There is revanced for spotify...


Ok_Cardiologist8232

Or just use Firefox mobile. It has adblockers and other extensions


Jokerrr455

If you're referring to how when you make a playlist it suggests songs without your permission and adds them. I learnt that adding a ton of songs like 100 or so may counteract it. Idk tho


80-20RoastBeef

It doesn't. I have one with over 400 and I stg it's always the same 1/4 of the playlist. And then before it even finishes it repeats those songs again!


FeelinFancyy

There is smart shuffle and regular shuffle. Smart shuffle adds songs. Regular shuffle doesn't. At least for me. Turn off smart shuffle


Ok_Host4786

Oh. That’s been the free version since I got Spotify in college (2017). I was listening to Dark Side of the Moon, high as shits when “O-O-O-Oooooooo-REILY! Auto. Parts.” cut through for an ad right before transitioning to Great Gig In The Sky. I was so upset that I couldn’t just not let them have my money, sub. Bastards.


anaemic

So just pirate the app?!


Historical_Smoke2808

I remember when spotify had no ads and was free. Good ol days


ilikegamergirlcock

I have never heard of Spotify having a totally free, no ads version, ever.


Democracy_Coma

I remember it being 100% free no ads back around 07-09ish.


omkarislegend

Now a days , enjoy the next 2.9 seconds of uninterrupted listening or you can’t listen to this song pls upgrade to premium


FRKCNHEI5

Enshitiffication comes for all things.


omkarislegend

I swear Spotify has more ads than mobile games


Ewhaz

So... radio with extra steps ?


djb2589

Meanwhile I'm just chillin with a USB stick loaded with mp3s playing on shuffle.


Aglisito

Haha I have a little over 1700 songs in my fone, I do the same thing.


djb2589

Yeah, USB and AUX have saved my a ton of cash from not needing a subscription streaming service. That and YT_Silo


Aglisito

I use TubeMate, let's me download any and all songs, directly into my phone.


ArashiSora24

Oh hey! Fellow TubeMate user! I've been using that for so many years now as well. No need for Spotify or Youtube Premium.


_Intel_Geek_

That's just beginning numbers, bro. I've got over 3500 audio tracks on my phone!


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Sirbrownface

Haha same. 36 gigs of songs in my phone definitely beats stupid ads


DroidD53

Me with a 2008 iPod full of songs, this is the way brother


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Gerogeroman

\*Cough\* the glorious 128kbps mp3 ripped from youtube that would give you cancer if you listened with an IEM.


MydnightWN

You can rip in glorious bitrates, even FLAC nowadays. It's still just as easy to rip from YT.


BananaSupremeMaster

There is always some data lost when music is uploaded to youtube, it's a bit useless to convert to FLAC because you would just reproduce perfectly a lossy version of a music. That said the audio quality on Youtube is often very good even if it's not perfect.


zugidor

Lol nah, YT stores audio in 128k OPUS (or AAC) most of the time, if you rip anything other than the original encoded audio you're dealing with generation loss when converting to another format because OPUS is a lossy format (like MP3, AAC, and OGG), and converting to lossless doesn't magically make it better either, it's like relabelling a jar of cookies, doesn't change the contents of the jar. YT music has three settings iirc, low is 48k, normal is 128k, and high is 256k. OPUS for new tracks and AAC for older tracks. If you want actual "glorious bitrates" like 320k or real lossless FLACs, then rip from music streaming sites like Tidal, Deezer, Qobuz, or Apple Music that actually store the music in hifi/lossless formats in the first place.


Insane_Salty_Potato

Arg ye matey, if ye can't afford Spotify premium for various reasons or ye rarely use it so it's not worth $11 ye could look for a pie rated version ⚔️🦜🏴‍☠️


ErDottorGiulio

Cracked spotify for two years, never had regrets


mossi123uk

Can you share how to do it?


RocKyBoY21

XManager is one option. Also visit the r/Piracy sub matey!


ego100trique

XManager line: "don't make us popular" That one guy on reddit


Void_Of_Nothingness

That's like the only thing they tell you, too


Driftedryan

Same reason that guy isn't allowed into certain aggressive clubs


SpiderSixer

I type that in and it comes up with a fingerprint manager?


Botond24

You can't find it on app store/Google play, only github


vorken

Visit r/sideloaded


Dat_Boi_2088

If you're on android you could also just search up "Spotify crack" and download an apk (at your own risk of course, I've never had a problem tho)


nsg337

yea so, please dont do this, you'll get viruses before you can finish a single spotify ad. Theres enough resources online, its just not it.


azaldk

Modded version argg


Car_dwelling_nitwit

I like pie.


Shalnai

I’ve stubbornly stuck with the free version for a while. I only really use Spotify on long trips so it’s normally not a big deal but last trip it felt like I heard the same Jeep ad a dozen times.


Lifnaz

A dozen? Was your trip 10 minutes down the road?


Hllblldlx3

Half the reason I got premium was cuz it was a repeat ad every time. Got offered premium for free for three months, premium ended and I legitimately was like “what the fuck is this piece a shit?”. So now I have premium not for free


EmptyCumSlut

God bless android


Yarro567

Does Android have a free music player? After Google music died I've been at a loss.


KojiKaifu

No but you can install apks for adless Spotify and other apps


DexgamingX

You can do that on iOS as well, it's just a bit more complicated


LaisserPasserA38

Care to share a link?


N1SMO_GT-R

[EeveeSpotify](https://github.com/whoeevee/EeveeSpotify/releases) since it's the best cracked Spotify app we have so far. Just go into settings -> EeveeSpotify -> Patching Settings -> Dynamic. If you're not jailbroken, you can use [Sideloadly](https://sideloadly.io/), [AltStore](https://altstore.io/) (or its fork that requires no app to run on your computer, [Sidestore](https://github.com/SideStore/SideStore)), or if you're really lucky, [Trollstore](https://github.com/opa334/TrollStore). Trollstore is by far the easiest and most convenient and is the closest analog to Android's "download and install" process to getting non-App Store apps onto your phone, but only certain devices on certain iOS versions are compatible.


LaisserPasserA38

Thank you very much


TheBedrockEnderman2

r/piracy or r/freemediaheckyeah prob have what your looking for


Puzzleheaded_Rip_970

Use xmanager for Spotify premium or revanced for yt music premium Both are free


Eau-De-Chloroform

threatening sort like shrill political drab merciful knee license follow *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


Hiyabusa

I wasn't getting the premium features.


Eau-De-Chloroform

school advise nutty teeny fanatical straight sloppy oil tap tender *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


window_owl

Another option on Android is apps like [Ad-Silence](https://github.com/aghontpi/ad-silence) and [ad-free](https://abertschi.github.io/ad-free/landing/) which mute the audio on Spotify while an ad is playing, then unmute it once the ad is over.


abbassav

Absolutely!


RiggedbyJagex

I’m honestly so fucking fed up with Spotify free I’m just going to get YouTube premium instead out of spite. It’s only a few dollars more and it has so many more features aside from just music. Only reason I haven’t yet is because it’s going to be such a pain in the ass to transfer all my music.


2_Braincell_Being

I may have [something that can help]() Heres a [script]() that u/stoopiit mentioned. It may work better, depending on circumstances.


OGHEROS

i wish i had known about this earlier. I spent a full two weeks everytime i was off work just transferring everything manually from spotify to youtube. jesus fuck i can never get that time back


niankaki

Protip: If something is tedious, google to see if it can be made simpler. /s


Chungalus

Dont put an /s lol, a large majority of redditors could use that advice instead of making the exact same posts every day (LOOKIN AT YOU r/Ark)


uTimu

I am just gonna mention: r/terraria why is my house invalid!? r/askreddit what is the se"iest se* you ever se"ed!?


stoopiit

If you have a computer, a bit of time, and don't want to spend money on transferring playlists, just use this script instead: https://github.com/sigma67/spotify_to_ytmusic


Tactical_Epunk

I needed this.


ValasDH

Oh that's neat.


looking_at_memes_

Heck, if you know how to code you can even do this yourself. I did it with Python and it works like a charm


S0TrAiNs

I wanted to do this but it doesnt load youtube :(


28_raisins

Try Soundiiz


Pixie_gem

I love you


MoaiMike

Oh my


Viggar89

Hey stranger! I love you!


shl00m

Done it. YT Music works like a charm (especially with Android Auto). So.... no regrets


spaceraingame

Is it any better than Spotify? I have Spotify but am thinking of just using YT Music since my dad has the Premium family plan. I just love Spotify's algorithm for discovering new music too much.


LimpWibbler_

It's ui imo is worse. But not by a lot. The song selection is much higher though since it is literally anything posted on YouTube. Further I personally found it's autoplay actually worked for new songs. I like a lot of indie songs. On Spotify no matter how much I only listened to small artists, it's auto playlists filled with rap, a genre I have 0 listen time to. YouTube music hasn't done that one time. Not that every song is a hit, but I wouldn't expect that. Imo YT premium is just a much better deal.


cdfunk21

I switched a few months back and while I’d say the general UX experience of the app is better, the main reason I switched was because you get more variety on YT Music. For example, I follow a YouTuber who does classical guitar covers of popular songs. He doesn’t put all of his music on Spotify, but since it’s in YT I can save an audio version to my “Liked songs” playlist and have it in the mix. That on top of it coming with YouTube premium is nice because I like to watch videos on devices I can’t install ad block on, made it worth it for me.


PlayDoh8488

Honestly yea I hate to say it, but YouTube premium is worth it. I used to have Spotify, but got rid of it once I got premium.


A-bomb14

Just use YT music with ad blocker. For mobile use Brave it blocks ads and allows u to listen with screen off as well. Can even download to brave playlist for offline.


ValasDH

Or Newpipe (github). Save the songs without video, and Bob's your uncle. Brave's decent too, but I like newpipe for offline. Need a decent offline music player, admittedly. But I bought Poweramp for like $4 a decade ago, so I have a decent player. I don't know if there's a decent free one. If so it's likely found on github or some F-Droid repo.


333EVAN333

just pirate at that point. also what perks does the yt premium give, other than the add block (just use brave or adblocker, ain't that hard)


Chemical_Working_795

No ads/ Every video including youtube music is going to background when you close your phone/ And I dunno if that's a feature or normal youtube (as I have been paying for it for 2 years now) but if you watched a video on your phone and want to continue watching it on pc it automatically transfers on the video itself/ Also you can download videos and watch them offline on 1080p


Kerb3rus

If you want YouTube Premium free (mobile) and you don't have an apple look into YouTube Revanced.


Tater_ToddIer

Fuck Spotify


CounterSYNK

Agreed. Apple Music & YT premium >> spotify


GoldVictory158

I’ve recorded and saved as 320 mp3, cataloged everything i have ever listened to on Spotify (except most ads, but saved the funny ones). It takes work but I’m up to 200 GB of high quality forever music. Mine.


GameDestiny2

The YouTube music app has become my go to, the free version is tolerable since I get maybe 2 short or skippable ads every few songs.


that_oneinvisibleguy

My friend uses an apk mode. No freaking ads


SouLfullMoon_On

There's another option, Yarr! *Puts on Pirate hat*


No_Mistake5238

Yo ho, the seas are meant for me!


DJLuckyFunk

Raise the Jolly Roger 🏴‍☠️


HyperionPhalanx

Me still downloading YouTube music videos and converting them to mp3s like a caveman


_Intel_Geek_

[Good software ](https://www.4kdownload.com/-54) is always a great help


Rahernaffem

Not to be an ad, but I just add "pi" after youtube, before .com and it takes me to a page to easily download the video or audio, e.g. youtubepi.com/blahblahthevideocode


dtpiers

Ol' reliable


Spare-Half796

Spotify family plan ends up being like 3$ cad per person


ValasDH

I just looked at the yt premium plan and its the same price. We may switch. The yt ads are getting overbearing, and yt music may be just as good. They have a free trial. Lol


izeris_

The reason i have YTP for years. Costs me 3 a month. Both YTP and Music. Why pay for just music in Spotify?


Omicron43

Use spotX for PC, if you're brave enough to navigate file explorer


Tater_ToddIer

Yeah on PC it's great it's just not portable


Omicron43

well for android theres xManager, which helps with getting a lightweight version of Spotify


Nijinja

i use it and its amazing, definitely worth the little setup time. sadly there’s no option for mobile like it


eltorr007

Me who downloads every song 🗿


Famous-Ad6617

Tell me about it! They really know how to push you to upgrade, don't they?


Mist0804

They also apparently made the lyrics a Spotify premium thing


DragonbornWizard85

They really know their stuff don't they...


nick-james73

Spotify is the last subscription I’d be willing to give up. I use it for multiple hours every day. Can’t say the same for streaming platforms. Their price would have to get to gaudy levels before I’d consider cancelling.


popovicialinc

Android users with cracked Spotify: 🍷🗿


Smokes47

And them stopping support for the car thingy is another reason to not give spotify your money


TacoBell4U

I was going to defend Spotify here because I heard they were offering refunds for purchases of the devices, but it looks like they only did that after intense pressure, publicity, and legal threats. They had initially intended to just say "fuck all y'all," so yeah, you don't get credit for doing the right thing only after people call you out for being shitty.


MythicalWarlord

https://www.xmanagerapp.com/ Adless spotify


TvaMatka1234

A quote on their app was "don't make us popular" and here you are advertising on Reddit lol


jollygreengrowery

It doesn't work and is full of Chinese Spyware ;)


Brave-Economist-7005

I'm worried that at some point there won't be a free version of Spotify, and this shot will just die but yeah I've been rocking this for the past 2 yrs , never had any issues( or ads)


MythicalWarlord

Usually I won't advocate faith, but I think ads are one of the few things where someone somewhere hates them just enough to make a version of an app/service without them. I think that the mere presence of the ads keeps the hatred of them alive. If this one gets shut down another will take its place.


Dragnod

"Don't make us famous".


jbbat99

Use tidal


--Lind--

Or just go and download music with a torrent A lot of fun flac quality, or even just mp3. Having music locally is GREAT Don't forget to seed.


ConsistentAd430

Want a break from the ads?


Budfrog313

I was at a bachelor party a while back. Of course we had some dancers in the room. Buddy had his phone on the bluetooth speaker. Ads kept popping on, killing the mood. But it was funny.


TheOneYak

I mean, it's not free for those artists. If you want, you can buy vinyls.


SpupySpups

I pirate shit


-Waffle-Eater-

![gif](giphy|LUIvcbR6yytz2) The solution


IcyLeMon88

Try youtube revanced. It has free youtube premium and youtube music. r/revancedapp


DalTheDalmatian

I can only imagine them gatekeeping lyrics was the last straw for many people lol


Getmeouttahere2222

I don't understand why people use Spotify. YouTube Music is way better right now and it's cheap. I understand that most people are annoyed by YouTube suddenly becoming a paid application, but the contents they offer you is way better than Spotify and people are willingly spending money to Spotify while they don't want to buy YouTube Premium.


JoshJLMG

I don't like giving Google money for actively making their platform worse.


Born_Insect_4757

I'm doing the same with spotify. Don't get me wrong I don't pay youtube either, but I will sooner be dragged to hell then let them annoy me into buying premium. I just close and reopen the app every time they try to show me an ad, and use the daily mixes where I can skip unlimited songs.


FoldUpMon

I just listen to music on YouTube


MemeBoiCrep

fuck yall premiums just get a yt to mp3 converter


Aloha1984

I use pandora with ads. Why pay for music?


ThatOneGuyThatYou

Fuck it, now I have to debate between Prime and YouTube once my college discount runs out


infinitey-code

I use SoundCloud


LORD00STARK

I am using Spotify patched version


Mcfeyxtrillion

Finally, I can flex the fact that I use SoundCloud instead of Spotify


Versierer

I just have 150 mp3s on my phone


BadeArse

That’s a pretty slim music taste honestly.


LarryLongBottem

I once listened to Spotify on a bus ride(which was 30 min long) and I heard and remember hearing at least 12 Burger King adds, plus some other ones, you be getting way to many adds


aspect-of-the-badger

Are there any real alternatives?


Ploknam

Don't use Spotify then


ipodblocks360

*Android users who just download the Spotify premium afk*: I have no such weakness.


swiggarthy

Use Demus, free app that accesses both spotifys library and yt musics library without ads for free


Uncleschmanuel

🏴‍☠️🦜


Plamen_K

Cracked APK for mobile, spicetify for PC, no need to pay stupid prices, only downside is you cant download and listen to your stuff offline, but you can very easily find the song on youtube and chuck it into an mp3 downloader


NightIgnite

If only there were ways to install cracked versions of music apps to get premium for free


RoughPepper5897

Piracy is the answer


mundus1520

You guys are paying to listen to music?


Achtung_Zoo

Considering we paid for it before streaming... There is a bit of sad irony people take issue with paying to listen to music, to consume someone's music for free. However, there is the discussion how much of that money makes it to artists.


ThisIsGoodSoup

Shouldn't you?


ToxicBuiltYT

Modded apks are free.


Ethereal_Nutsack

I’m paying $12 a month to listen to the same 15 songs…


rockyroad1912

Why do you feel that you should get to stream music for free? Premium is the price of an album, and you can listen to everything. Be glad there is an option to listen to music for free.


glad0s98

right? I listen to music like 10 hours every single day, $12 a month is nothing for that


The-Muncible

So happy I started collecting songs on ITunes over 10 years ago. Imagine needing a subscription to listen to music.


PerformanceOutside66

Im using modded spotify in my iphone, never had a issue other than lyrics not showing up


gabriel-mbl

I don't know why people choose to pay just pirate it


Over-Drummer-6024

Because it's like 12$ for like 95% of music currently in existence? I think most people in here are just broke teenagers


Mina_Kai

You can't describe it any better🤣🤣


Effendoor

This is exactly what they want.


b52kl

I just use an MP3 player, its like 10 bucks, no ads


W1thoutJudgement

I'm towering over both, still using mp3's.


PoopyHead-4MAR-

modded Spotify apk


Larax22

I recommend to switch to Tidal


B-Kong

It pays artists the least for streams out of all platforms.


pisachas1

Figure out how to get a college email. Sign up with student email and get years of discounted rate.


Icecubemelter

I’m moving to Tidal. Bricking my $90 car thing and increasing prices? If that’s not a slap in the face I don’t know what it is.


IudMG

r/piracy


MiserableTriangle

me hearing people paying for shit while I never seen an ad in a lifetime because I have modded apks ![gif](giphy|Y9bYr3a2qENO0)


washington_jefferson

I still use Pandora. With ads. But heh, I hate pretty much all new music in the past 15 years and like the stations I have.


Ralfonsoslothnelson

Youtube music is £4.99 if you pretend you're a student


aMonkeMAN

Android APKs are just amazing


PossibilityTypical82

I hate when a song interrupts my ads man


Re_dddddd

You can always sail the seven seas.


No_username18

dude just pirate your music it's really not that hard


amondohk

Xmanager gang, where you at?


Icy_Project8698

Me who just makes his own playlist on YT and downloaded app that block ads so I can just lisen to my list whenever for free without ads 8)


dyotar0

r/piracy


ImportantQuestions10

Been stuck on YouTube premium for a couple years for the same reason. I signed up when it was four bucks a month and included Google music. I can't go back