This is probably a dumb question but what is a better way to send a link to a song to friends without using Spotify? I don't use Spotify anymore so I don't like going back to that website just to copy a song link so people could hear it. I know I could send something like a YouTube link but I'm trying to degoogle so I wanted to see if there was an alternative? Can you send songs as last.fm links? Idk I just randomly thought about this and wanted to ask if I'm being weird or something Thanks in advance
(Edited to fix typo)
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tofubl@discuss.tchncs.de · 25 pts · 2y
What about this? https://songwhip.com/
Example
scytale@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 2y
Cool! I didn't know about this. Thanks for the recommendation.
JetpackJackson@feddit.de · 3 pts · 2y
That's perfect! Thank you so much!
KISSmyOS@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
JetpackJackson@feddit.de · 6 pts · 2y
I wish I could but I don't have one :( I have no money and no knowledge of where to search for a good guide to start
LordOfTheChia@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
Don't listen to these guys, there's a really easy solution:
JetpackJackson@feddit.de · 3 pts · 2y
Lol that's one way of doing it I suppose
bartleby1@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
what if your friends are in another country
KISSmyOS@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
JetpackJackson@feddit.de · 2 pts · 2y
Can the device be turned off to give it a rest or does it need to be running all the time? I dont know if my dad is still going to use our pi3 for games (and i know i dont need anymore computers rn either)... maybe i could run it on my laptop? But i use it for school... I gotta think about it. In the meantime, do you have any guides that can reduce the time to learn?
russjr08@outpost.zeuslink.net · 1 pts · 2y
I'm not super well-versed on the music side of self-hosted media management, but in regards to running it all the time - you can shut it off, however no one will be able to access any media from it while its offline (unless there's a download/save-offline feature for whichever platform is used).
JetpackJackson@feddit.de · 2 pts · 2y
Alright that makes sense, thank you
KISSmyOS@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
JetpackJackson@feddit.de · 2 pts · 2y
Alright, thank you. I'll see if I can use the pi for this then
leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 0 pts · 2y
There's a self-hosting Community here: !selfhosted@lemmy.world
But for a pretty easy and low cost way to get started you can't go wrong with yunohost - it has lots of music server apps such as funkwhale, amapache etc.
JetpackJackson@feddit.de · 1 pts · 2y
Ooh thank you for the community and the link! I'll have to look into those!
JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 2y
Just send the mp3 file.
bartleby1@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
this is the only correct answer
fubo@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
I know I'm middle aged but ... MP3s? A few megabytes isn't that much these days.
Sabata11792@kbin.social · 5 pts · 2y
I haven't touched an MP3 file for years. Everything's streamed.
meiko60@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 2y
I still touch MP3 because it is compact and we need everything to be stored locally.
JetpackJackson@feddit.de · 2 pts · 2y
I just didn't want to look weird/sus plus mp3s don't always do a preview thing in discord (I know, I'm trying to switch to matrix) so sometimes it makes you download the file But yeah I guess I can just send the file
slurp@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y
I'm curious about this too, but more for for sharing long, self-made playlists. A single song is not too bad to send or find on YouTube but a playlist is difficult
roeeeeeeeee@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Some alternative clients of Apple Music I use use the API of this to copy “universal” song/album links. It also has functions as a music search engine so maybe it can be useful to you. It’s not FOSS and its privacy policy could be better though. https://odesli.co/
JetpackJackson@feddit.de · 1 pts · 2y
That looks interesting!
txmyx@feddit.de · 1 pts · 2y
Maybe piped?
Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 1 pts · 2y
Find it on Piped or some other YouTube front end that isn't associated with Google aside from allowing you to watch the videos uploaded to YT.
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 2y
I'm confused, can you not just search "Blur Song 2 spotify" (for example) in your browser and copy the link that comes up without ever actually clicking it or using Spotify? I don't use Spotify either but sometimes want to show my friends songs and I know they won't listen unless it's a Spotify link so I do this.