I’m going insane. I cannot for the life of me find a suitable way to listen to music privately. I’m on iOS, and I don’t know whether to just stick to Apple Music or give up on music in general (I tried, TRIED to go local, but all the apps are shitty). Any way to listen to music and not have your data compromised? Should I just stick to Apple Music and hope that laws change (maybe something like EU’s DMA?)

Edit: Hey all! First of all, thank you so much for all the recommendations! I’ve discovered so many great apps and tools I didn’t even know existed (and it has also brought my hopes up for privacy in general). Even though it’s still not perfect, I’ve been using foobar2000 on iOS, downloading music I find (I’m still using Apple Music for discovery, but will probably stop when my subscription ends this month). For desktop I’m using HyperPipe, which although a little buggy at times is so awesome! One thing I do miss about this system is the lack of lyrics. Apple Music has such a beautiful UI when it comes with lyrics, but you can’t have it all when it comes to privacy it seems. Thanks for the amazing discussion! I’m so far loving Lemmy ;)

  • Xirup@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    2·
    1 year ago

    I’ll be honest, the only way to listen to music privately is to download it. (And using an opensource music player)

    There are Github repositories with CLI programs to download complete Spotify playlists with Youtube and also download their metadata.

      • blitzen@lemmy.mlEnglish
        02·
        1 year ago

        Honestly, I’d trust a vanilla iPhone over that hacked together mess you’ve got going there.

  • guyrocket@kbin.social
    1·
    1 year ago

    I still buy CDs. And back then up to play in my truck. And rip them.

    I still think OWNING media is a good idea. No privacy issues at all.

  • airikr@lemmy.ml
    0·
    1 year ago

    I download the music from YouTube (through front-end services like Piped) and play it locally through a music player.

    I don’t know how it works on iPhone (I have an Android phone), but I can use NewPipe and LibreTube and Seal to download the music. If I’m on the go that is. Otherwise I download the music through ytdlp and transfer the files to my smartphone.

    Apple really restrict their users to their own ecosystem.

    • uberrice@feddit.de
      0·
      1 year ago

      Yt-dlp is great for getting music from YouTube music.

      You even get fairly good quality if you have premium (I do through Argentina, so it costs me cents per month)

      • airikr@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Woot? yt-dlp premium? Never heard of it. yt-dlp have always been and will always be free (donations aside) since it’s open sourced. Sounds like you pay to a scammer. Or do you mean YouTube Premium? :)

    • BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social
      2·
      1 year ago

      I’m 26, and don’t know anyone, myself included, who purchases and downloads music to any significant degree. Essentially everyone I know just uses streaming platforms.

      • Juno@beehaw.org
        1·
        1 year ago

        Wow, they got your generation good. I’m over here listening to flac files and mp3s I ripped in 2003.

          • Zorque@kbin.social
            02·
            1 year ago

            Well, considering the community this discussion is in…

            And, respectfully, the average person doesn’t seem to give much of a fuck about anything other their own base desires most of the time.

            • BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social
              1·
              1 year ago

              Sure. But the question you asked was “Do people not just download music anymore?”, and the answer to that question, which you seemed unaware of, is “Not really, no”.

              Do enjoy your highly refined and elevated desires, O noble one.