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What non-FOSS software have you been unable to quit? (beehaw.org)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For me, Google video search, Google books (Internet Archive is good, but doesn't always have the same stuff), Adobe InDesign (but in the process of learning LaTeX), and Typewise. As for the Google stuff, I liked Whoogle a lot, but almost all their instances seem to have been blocked or shut down. Also, apologies if this is repeating an earlier post.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I’ve never understood the appeal of Spotify

Tap search
Select artist/album/song
Play anywhere instantly
Low monthly cost, no need to buy songs/albums

I also like having physical copies/my own files organized for my home server. But to not even understand why people use Spotify...?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm just old I guess, and rather set in my ways. I remember not being able to search their catalog to see what they had or didn't have without signing up, but that was quite a long time ago. I think Spotify may short change its artists, but at the same time I'm guessing it's probably a lot cheaper than buying albums.

Can't you also do 1,2,&3 with YouTube as well?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Youtube doesn't let you listen to videos if you navigate away from the app or lock your screen, making it functionally useless as a mobile music player. You have to pay for YT music to be able to do that.

And I agree with you about not using spotify, but again, there are certainly advantages to it. The pros just don't outweigh the cons/match our values.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think you can do that with Invidious or FreeTube...? NewPipe will let you do that, I'm pretty sure.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Sure but they are not as effortless/not as feature rich as spotify and can be tricky to run on iOS. Google et al are also actively trying to break those projects these days. I say this as a daily freetube user.