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   Emma Davidson (emmadavidson@aus.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Dec-2024 06:19:06 JST Emma Davidson

   🧵 I have questions for folks who don’t use Spotify… :blobcatdj:

   I listen to a LOT of music. I have a soundtrack constantly playing in my head when I’m not listening to music. Spotify says 17,653 minutes in 2024, up to 6 hours a day, putting me in the top 21%.

   Each song averages 20 listens a year. But I do get obsessive: there was one song I listened to more than 120 times in 2024. I’m in the top 2-5% of Taylor Swift listeners each year.

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     Eric Ireland (erici@social.sdf.org)'s status on Saturday, 21-Dec-2024 06:33:36 JST Eric Ireland

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     @emmadavidson I use Bandcamp and VLC on iPhone.

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     Emma Davidson (emmadavidson@aus.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Dec-2024 06:33:37 JST Emma Davidson

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     I want to stop using Spotify, and instead buy albums so I can download MP3s. I already own lots of what I listen to regularly, I’ve just been streaming because it’s easier than organising downloaded music files. I mostly listen on my iPhone, sometimes on my MacBook.

     What app do you use to organise and play your downloaded music files? Is Apple Music the only good option? What’s good / not so good about what you use?
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     Eric Ireland (erici@social.sdf.org)'s status on Saturday, 21-Dec-2024 06:37:02 JST Eric Ireland

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     @emmadavidson Bandcamp is convenient because you can just buy stuff and it’s there. VLC is a bit less easy to use but it works. You can play mp3s stored on your phone with it or stream them from cloud storage. Having to upload stuff is a bit of a nuisance.