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Why media fans want to escape algorithms with CDs, DVDs and vinyl

70 points · 109 comments · beardyw

  1. pkthunder · · focus · HN ↗
    I’ve been going through my own personal revival of physical media - mostly audio. I don’t miss streaming at all.

    Every CD I buy gets ripped to a NAS that hosts the music behind Navidrone where I can stream to my vehicle using Play:Sub (thanks to Tailscale for enabling all of this to work for me!).

    I am just so enamored with being able to get the best of both worlds - my own music, anywhere.

    I do wish I could figure out some sort of recommendation system to find new magic, though. Obviously not to steam new/unowned songs, just to point me in a direction next time I go to the store.

    1. frameset · · focus · HN ↗
      Last.fm is still around. Some Navidrome clients work with it, and it can point you to artists you might like.
      1. pkthunder · · focus · HN ↗
        Love it, but honestly I’m trying to decouple from services like this.

        Although, it’s not a critical-path item..

        1. anticorporate · · focus · HN ↗
          <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;listenbrainz.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;listenbrainz.org&#x2F; is an open source alternative to Last.fm that I can confirm works with Navidrome. You can also self host it if you would prefer to keep your listen history private.
          1. notpushkin · · focus · HN ↗
            &gt; You can also self host it if you would prefer to keep your listen history private.

            On the other hand, if you don’t mind making it public it would help train open source recommendation algorithms :-) <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;listenbrainz.org&#x2F;about&#x2F;#:~:text=Roadmap" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;listenbrainz.org&#x2F;about&#x2F;#:~:text=Roadmap

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