Can’t even seek through songs.

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    I know Plex gets a lot of crap here, but they have done me no wrong allowing me to simply play the music I like. Spotify is ruining artist discovery, which is exactly how radio became the shithole it is now. At least Pandora leads at artist discovery.

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      Plex (or equivalent) pairs great with Bandcamp where you can download the music you buy in lossless quality.

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      Sucks that Pandora left Australia with their “pick a song and we will create a radio station based on it”. I used to use that all the time. I even would’ve considered starting a subscription if it hadn’tve withdrawn from the country when I started getting income.

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      How expensive are albums typically? I’m kinda under the impression with the amount I just listen to random shit that gets recommended that wouldn’t work for me

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      How is Spotify ruining discovery? Imo they’re absolutely crushing it, I’ve been loving their new DJ feature, used it exclusively on a four our car ride and the mix was awesome, and found a couple new bands. My only complaint is that their recent redesign and navigation patterns are a step down.

      Or do you mean in terms of the free plan?

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      I know Plex gets a lot of crap here

      Where? All I do is see people shilling plex as a replacement for streaming services without mentioning you have to buy the fucking content to put on the server.

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        You know that’s not how people are filling their servers, right? Plex is a way to manage and stream your pirated media collection, though Plex will never admit that.

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          So… it’s good advice to the streaming crowd who is inherently tech-illiterate to not only recommend they set up a fucking server, but also get a VPN?

          Jeez. Just recommend them a free streaming site at that point.

          But the 🧩’s among you won’t accept that.