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A reminder to manage your startup apps (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (8 children)

Who the hell uses the Spotify app?? If you use it from the browser, ublock eliminates advertising perfectly. Why would I want to use the app where I can't block it?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

the desktop app is the only version on pc that allows higher bitrate playback

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

The odds of hearing artifacts in modern audio codecs is miniscule.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

ive only ever used the app for 15 years now.

I fucking hate browser based apps and will use an alternative wherever possible.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Isn’t it an electron app?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

CEF so similar, but I meant more apps literally in my browser.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Ah understood

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Hey I never thought about that thanks!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

My brother pays for a family account, so meh, why not

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Your brother pays for my account to. Solid dude.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

https://github.com/mrpond/BlockTheSpot

It unlocks all premium features for spotify aside from downloading music, which includes no ads.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

You can still easily block ads on the desktop (and Android) app.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Install browser tab as app and open it at startup would be why there is an icon

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

spotx-bash is good too