Hacker News with Generative AI: Music Streaming

Buh Bye Spotify (darko.audio)
The first order of business for 2025 was to cancel my Spotify Premium subscription.
Blackcandy: Self hosted music streaming server (github.com/blackcandy-org)
Black Candy is a self-hosted music streaming server, your personal music center.
The day I canceled my Spotify subscription (raed.dev)
I used to be a big fan of Spotify. I was such a fan that I went to extraordinary lengths to get access to it while I lived in Tunisia, years before I was technically allowed to use it there.
The Ugly Truth About Spotify Is Finally Revealed (honest-broker.com)
In early 2022, I started noticing something strange in Spotify’s jazz playlists.
The Ugly Truth About Spotify Is Finally Revealed (honest-broker.com)
In early 2022, I started noticing something strange in Spotify’s jazz playlists.
Ghost artists on Spotify (harpers.org)
Spotify, the rumor had it, was filling its most popular playlists with stock music attributed to pseudonymous musicians—variously called ghost or fake artists—presumably in an effort to reduce its royalty payouts.
Sorry Spotify, I Wrapped It Myself (taylor.town)
As the next calendar year nears, friends inevitably broadcast Spotify Wrapped data across the groupchats.
Rage-inducing, unnecessary EOL from Spotify (reddit.com)
Yesterday, they shut it down. To be clear, they didn’t just stop selling them, they bricked every one that they had ever sold.
Dolby Atmos for music streaming is a waste of time (pocket-lint.com)
Pissed off by Spotify Enshittifying more API endpoints? We can help (metabrainz.org)
Today Spotify announced that a number of APIs will no longer be available for new users.
Spotify cuts developer access to several of its recommendation features (techcrunch.com)
Spotify will no longer allow developers building third-party apps with its Web API to access several features within the music streaming platform, such as song and artist recommendations, the company announced in a developer blog post on Wednesday.
Musi fans refuse to update iPhones until Apple unblocks controversial app (arstechnica.com)
"Who up missing Musi?" a Reddit user posted in a community shocked by the free music streaming app's sudden removal from Apple's App Store in September.
I Don't Have Spotify (github.com/sjdonado)
Effortlessly convert Spotify links to your preferred streaming service
New Nintendo Music app could spell more trouble for illicit soundtrack posters (arstechnica.com)
Last night, Nintendo pulled off a surprise launch of a new Nintendo Music smartphone app, offering many of the company's staple soundtrack songs as a perk to Nintendo Switch Online subscribers. But the new subscription freebie could give Nintendo additional motivation to once again crack down on Internet users who have been collecting and posting Nintendo music online for years now.
Spotify family plans 29% price jump (spotify.com)
Listen without limits. Try 1 month of Premium Individual for free.
Spotify begins piloting parent-managed accounts for kids on family plans (techcrunch.com)
Following the moves of other tech giants, Spotify announced on Friday it’s introducing in-app parental controls in the form of “managed accounts” for listeners under the age of 13.
Sony is taking Concord offline on September 6th after disastrous launch (theverge.com)
I Quit Spotify (newyorker.com)
Lonelyradio 0.6.0: a Rust-powered music streaming service (reddit.com)
A personal music streaming server that works (koel.dev)
Spotify Raises Prices 2nd Time in 12 Months, Now More Expensive Than Apple Music (macrumors.com)
Spotify is increasing US prices again (theverge.com)
Spotify won't open-source Car Thing, but starts refund process (arstechnica.com)
Spotify Car Thing will be discontinued (spotify.com)
Spotify getting into enterprise IT tools (techcrunch.com)
Spotify moves lyrics behind a paywall (techcrunch.com)
Spotify CEO is shocked by negative impact of recent layoffs (thestreet.com)