My #spotify alternative:

- Nextcloud from Hetzner, 5e/month for 1tb
- Put all my music i buy there
- Install https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/music
- On my phone, i installed Ultrasonic https://ultrasonic.gitlab.io/
- Use the nextcloud music ultrasonic credentials to connect to it
- Done!
- On your desktop/laptop, you can just sync the music folder through nextcloud client, so its always up-to-date

Sure, it can cost more to buy music (or you can download from youtube, i dont judge). But at least the files are mine and always there, backed up.

And when you got all the stuff you like, it costs only 5e/month, and you gain much more than just music streaming service. I use my nextcloud for so many things.

Best part is that your money goes to artists when you buy from them.

Ultrasonic

A free and open-source music streaming Android client for Subsonic API compatible servers.

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