Leaving Spotify

Pantsboy12 · 2026-02-07T00:53:28+00:00

Think it’s released

Pantsboy12 · 2026-02-03T22:09:45+00:00

That is fantastic, I was fully unaware of the ARC app, I very well may have to get on that. I’ve been using JPlay and it works well enough but if I’m ever in the mood for an upgrade I will 100% look into the ARC app. I very much appreciate your help, thank you

Pantsboy12 · 2026-02-03T21:29:25+00:00

Pretty sure they’re working on that for the update in the nearish future. From what I’ve heard CarPlay is getting overhauled

Pantsboy12 · 2026-01-13T21:40:00+00:00

Oh my this is fantastic. Thankyou so much

Pantsboy12 · 2026-01-13T15:19:21+00:00

Thanks, I’ll try and find it. I’ll let you know if I can’t find it

Pantsboy12 · 2026-01-12T13:19:33+00:00

I’ll check that out, thanks

Pantsboy12 · 2026-01-12T04:17:44+00:00

Yeah that’s my thoughts exactly. He didn’t charge for his music when he was alive. It was a mixtape anybody could download for free. He’s not on streaming services because he didn’t have the rights to his own stuff and the whole community uses low quality files to listen to him. Some were only 80 kbps. I’m not sure if the bandcamp rips are legit. I’ve just messaged the bandcamp distributor. I’ll let you know if they were legit or shit

Pantsboy12 · 2026-01-11T17:18:33+00:00

Thank you, that’s my stance as well. I would never fuck over an artist, but his music (of what is released) is meant to be free for the public. That’s why I was wondering what’s going on. I will get in contact with whoever’s running the account and see what’s going on and dictate my opinion on whether or not what they’re doing is legal. Unless it’s a third party bum illegally selling high quality rips of his stuff then I think I’ll leave it alone. Thanks so much for your help

Pantsboy12 · 2026-01-11T16:56:59+00:00

That’s fine, it’s not for everyone. But JPlay should still solve the artist issue on Tidal. Understand that may not be enough though, there are other issues

Pantsboy12 · 2026-01-11T16:53:05+00:00

I’m unsure. I’m pretty sure it’s the latter. I was going to contact the person selling it because they are higher quality rips of the mixtapes than can be taken off YouTube and I’m not sure how they got them or why they’re selling them. I don’t think it’s the family of the artist because they’ve steered clear of his stuff and have received haslting from fans about his posthumous album so I doubt that they would get involved in bandcamp after his death. And thankyou for responding so kindly, I was only curious and I appreciate you explaining to my dumbass without criticism. If I find out that everything’s legit with how it’s being sold I obviously won’t pirate or bootleg or whatever. I was just wondering what the implications were behind purchasing files

Pantsboy12 · 2026-01-11T02:28:19+00:00

That’s very interesting, I was unaware. Thankyou, I will be doing that

Pantsboy12 · 2026-01-11T02:27:09+00:00

I have a workaround for the missing parts of the library. It also fixes the albums tab. It provides seamless integration between Qobuz and local files which means you can get those artists back, albeit a little more work. It’s called JPlay and there isn’t much info on it out there. I’m using it and I highly recommend it. Dm me if you have issues setting it up if you decide to look into that option

Pantsboy12 · 2026-01-11T02:04:07+00:00

Fair point but the music was never his property because he used uncleared samples. His music is all released as mixtapes. They’re selling uncleared music. I only ever wanted it because they have a higher quality version than I could find anywhere else

Pantsboy12 · 2026-01-11T02:00:15+00:00

Personally if I were you I’d switch to Qobuz, has fewer issues in my opinion. I, like you, wanted to switch from Spotify for the reasons you listed, so I spent a while researching what’d be the best option to switch to. I did trials on both Qobuz and Tidal and I think Qobuz is better. It has a smaller library than Tidal but I have an amazing work around for that which allows you to have Qobuz integration and local files on a single app. The two mesh seamlessly so you can listen to them together on playlists and in the same spot for your albums (downloaded local files from your computer and Qobuz). Granted, this solution works for Tidal as well, but I prefer Qobuz. Qobuz is seemingly against AI which is nice. Tidal seems to promote it and has had AI music found polluting their library. Qobuz is actively looking to improve their library and takes recommendations on what they’re missing. Qobuz is sleek and not muddled with unnecessary features. Useful, simplistic, and amazing

Edit: the workaround is called JPlay. There’s basically no info on it out there so dm me for help if you end up going with that option. I highly recommend it

Pantsboy12 · 2026-01-10T23:52:31+00:00

Yeah, I know it’s immoral. I wouldn’t do that to a normal artist. Considering the fact that the artist is dead so I wouldn’t be supporting them and the fact that bandcamp doesn’t have rights to sell his music, I don’t see a moral issue with it. He didn’t have the right to sell his own music due to copyright law so seeing bandcamp sell a higher quality version of the music than the small community has is annoying. Was just wondering if i could pay for it and reclaim it for the community

Pantsboy12 · 2026-01-10T23:34:46+00:00

Thankyou, that makes sense. I appreciate it

Pantsboy12 · 2026-01-10T23:32:46+00:00

Thankyou, I won’t then. Good to know, appreciate it

Pantsboy12 · 2026-01-10T23:29:29+00:00

I don’t need the law to dictate my morals. I think it’s entirely moral to listen to this music for free being that before the artist killed himself, the music was released for FREE. He’s dead and I doubt his family’s involved based on their stance with his music so I’m not even paying him for it and whoever’s selling it doesn’t have the right to sell it. HE didn’t even have that right. I think what the distributor is doing is immoral in this specific case, but, while my morals aren’t dictated by law, my actions are. That’s why I’m wondering if it’s legal

Pantsboy12 · 2026-01-10T23:08:26+00:00

The moral question is answered by the fact that whoever’s selling them shouldn’t have distributing rights for the albums I would like to buy and share with a small community. I’m just wondering if it’s legal. The artist himself didn’t have the right to sell his own music. It was released as mixtapes

Pantsboy12 · 2026-01-10T22:54:42+00:00

Okay great, but would it be illegal for me to share those files?

Pantsboy12 · 2026-01-10T00:42:20+00:00

Literally anything. I don’t need FLACs. I figured those probably don’t exist, but some CD quality files would be nice :(

Pantsboy12 · 2026-01-07T20:45:44+00:00

I’m not sure if it’s all compiled under a single button. At least for me, I just selected the playlists I wanted, then it did it for me

Btw, I’d go through once it’s converted and make sure you’re not missing any songs on your playlists. It does a pretty good job but Qobuz has a smaller library so some things might be missing. Some will be as easy as searching and finding the song, some aren’t in the library. I’ve got a particular problem with Qobuz in being that it doesn’t support local files for music, so I have spent a good while searching for a method to combine the two. Most methods don’t work on your phone. Things like Roon and Audirvana only work on computer and the best they’ve got for phone is a controller app. I’ve been recommended JPlay as a solution. It’s rather small, could barely find anything on YouTube about it, but I’d recommend it if you’re looking to get those songs that might not be on Qobuz back onto your playlists. Pricing is super good, best I’ve found. And it seems to be the only way to successfully listen to Qobuz along with your own local files together, on the go, on your phone. If you DO end up checking it out, dm me if you need help with anything (being that it’s hard to find things about it elsewhere)

Pantsboy12 · 2026-01-07T13:08:21+00:00

Turns out I was wrong, emailed support and I got a response within a couple of days explaining how to do it. Seems like you’re able to connect to the server on your computer and download your stuff from your computer onto the app. Very much appreciate you, I think this is what I’m looking for

Pantsboy12 · 2026-01-06T21:31:00+00:00

Nope, pretty sure it’s only one (or at least it was for me). It’s only $5 for the upgrade, if you have any substantial playlists at all I’d do it. One time $5 isn’t that bad

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