Hello Alys W!

** On Saturday 01.03.25 - 19:12, Alys W wrote to Aug:

FUCK I got really excited before opening this... then I
got excited again to be delivered another reason to hate
on Spotify EVEN MORE! -+- SBBSecho 3.23-Linux + Origin:
Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)

I've absorbed the increase. Overall, Spotify is a fine
service. But the jump from 9.99 to 12.99 was not nice.

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Re: goodbye spotify?
By: August Abolins to Alys W on Sun Mar 02 2025 11:15 am

Yeah that sucks! Idk I've never really used streaming services. I always just downloaded my stuff.
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Re: Re: goodbye spotify?
By: Alys W to August Abolins on Sun Mar 02 2025 16:01:51

...I've never really used streaming services.

Considering the abundance of free music online, I never felt the need to pay a services for it, but I do use a few services: I Heart Radio, Pandora, Soma FM and Tune-in. What's nice is that all these are available through my Echos.
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On Wed, 5 Mar 2025 14:25:42 -0600
"Mortar M." <mortar.m.@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:

Re: Re: goodbye spotify?
By: Alys W to August Abolins on Sun Mar 02 2025 16:01:51

...I've never really used streaming services.

Considering the abundance of free music online, I never felt the need
to pay a services for it, but I do use a few services: I Heart
Radio, Pandora, Soma FM and Tune-in. What's nice is that all these
are available through my Echos.

My wife has Spotify but I don't use it. If I want to listen to
something I can find it on youtube or random stuff on the services you
mention, plus I have a large CD collection ripped to my computer so I
can hear what I like.
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Re: Re: Streaming Services
By: Nigel Reed to All on Wed Mar 05 2025 03:42 pm

Considering the abundance of free music online, I never felt the need
to pay a services for it, but I do use a few services: I Heart
Radio, Pandora, Soma FM and Tune-in. What's nice is that all these
are available through my Echos.

"What's nice is that all these are available through my Echos." Huh! Interesting. How does that work exactly?
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Hello Mortar M.!

** On Wednesday 05.03.25 - 14:25, Mortar M. wrote to Alys W:

Re: Re: goodbye spotify?
By: Alys W to August Abolins on Sun Mar 02 2025 16:01:51

...I've never really used streaming services.

Considering the abundance of free music online, I never
felt the need to pay a services for it, but I do use a few
services: I Heart Radio, Pandora, Soma FM and Tune-in.
What's nice is that all these are available through my
Echos. -+- SBBSecho 3.23-Linux

I revisit the free ones from time to time. But the content
isn't always up to par with what known and highly successful
musicians seem to produce.

Spotify's AI experiments with different ways of presenting new
music. Sometimes it's spot on (pun intended) and sometimes not
so much.

Spotify also comes in handy when I want to discover and compare
all the cover versions of a particular song and just play them
all in a row. It's fun to find a cover version that truly is a
work of art that may otherwise go missed.

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Re: Re: Streaming Services
By: Nigel Reed to All on Wed Mar 05 2025 15:42:45

...I have a large CD collection ripped to my computer so I
can hear what I like.

Same here, 'cept I have mine up on YouTube Music. I used to walk around with a n MP3 player, but I haven't done that in years.
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Re: Re: Streaming Services
By: Alys W to Nigel Reed on Thu Mar 06 2025 09:23:27

Huh! Interesting. How does that work exactly?

The speakers use WIFI to connect to your modem/router. You use the Alexa app (iPhone or Android) to configure the connection as well as the various services (a.k.a., "skills") to your Echo. So I have skills setup for services I mentioned. By default, it's setup for Amazon Music.
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Re: Streaming via Echo
By: Mortar M. to Alys W on Sun Mar 09 2025 03:25 pm

The speakers use WIFI to connect to your modem/router. You use the Alexa app (iPhone or Android) to configure the connection as well as the various services (a.k.a., "skills") to your Echo. So I have skills setup for services I mentioned. By default, it's setup for Amazon Music.

Woah! That's really cool, thanks for explaining! :3
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