generally a good idea to get off of streaming and cloud services for things you can do locally
better security, better for the environment
all the worst companies want you streaming and using cloud services with them, just don’t
How is e.g. streaming from a Jelyfin server better for the environment than e.g. from Netflix? Genuine question? Like, to use Jellyfin you still have to download an entire movie or episode from somewhere, and you’re more likely to download things you don’t end up watching. The only benefit is if you rewatch episodes or movies, but that’s pretty rare and having enough hard-drive space for all of that is probably worse than just streaming it from a centralised location.
Plus Netflix, et al benefit from economies of scale that would probably make their streaming better than you just downloading.
Especially if they still put CDN caches in ISPs…
That said I still self-host tvs and movies as much as possible
Jellyfin servers for your movies and tv shows is the way to go!
How’d you obtain the movies in the first place?
You can rip them from blurays.
This is an ad made by infomaniak to promote their products. OP, are you affiliated with them?
Spotify is Swedish? Why is it listed next to American companies?
it’s controlled by americans
“Yes, but…”
- Listed on the New York Stock Exchange via a holding company in Luxembourg that issues American depositary receipts. (Who knows what percentage of its ‘shares’/ADRs are held by U.S. investors?)
- Paid Joe Rogan US$100 million for his alt-right podcast.
- Donated $150,000 to President Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration ceremony, as well as hosted an inauguration-related brunch.
yes but spotify is also europes only afaik unicorn and that needed some serious cash (many people forget but i was hearing how streaming doesn’t work and spotify hasn’t been profitable ever for like 15 years!! right up until last year and now it’s a big evil megacorp, how quickly the story can change) europe doesn’t have its unified market setup yet so america is where you have to go
this isn’t a failure of spotify, it’s a failure of the EU which tbf is something they’ve working on
https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/capital-markets-union-explained/
A lot of these just don’t work as an replacement.
For example?
Literally all of them, you’re welcome!
Probably for some people all of them are workable as replacements.
And how exactly is one email provider better than another?
The socials live from everyone being on them. Mail providers established a pseudo monopoly by distrusting unknown senders. Arte does not produce entertainment but edutainment. Office is dictated by your workplace. Twitch is barely viable as is for niche things like MTG. People gotta eat. You must use the search engine that enables you to be your most productive self in a work environment.(Desk jobs only, I guess, but I ain’t got a real job where I don’t know whether I see my home again when leaving for work)
I think you’re mixing up “they don’t work as a replacement” with “they don’t work as well as a replacement”. I’m sure you know the difference because Lemmy doesn’t have all the niche communities as Reddit so Lemmy isn’t as good of a replacement, but it is a replacement because otherwise you wouldn’t be here.
Reddit don’t work on mobile anymore. Lemmy is better for me.
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I generally don’t like joining sites that require more than a username, password, and possibly an email.
am not going to wear a hair shirt
For anybody like me who was entirely confused by that sentence:
A hair shirt is a coarse garment intended to be worn next to the skin, keeping the wearer in a state of discomfort and constant awareness of the shirt’s presence. Such garments were traditionally worn by some Christian religious orders, along with individuals who felt penitent about certain actions or their lifestyles. Their use is fairly limited in the modern era, but the term is often used metaphorically, which is why someone might refer to “wearing a hair shirt” when they perform some other act of self-imposed penitence.
I switched to Qobuz and I like it much more than I liked Spotify. Only real complaint is having to use their web client in Linux.
I don’t stream, but I’m thinking of learning how to use torrents. More ethical than Apple or Amazon.
I had to fix some iCloud stuff for an ex, it was an absolute nightmare to deal with. I guess mileage varies. I couldn’t be happier with Nextcloud.
That said, I’m happy there are people who don’t want to sacrifice comfort on here. That’s a really good sign.
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Drime is also an alternative to Google Drive
WTF, why is Pixelfed on this list? smh.
You can run european instances with Pixelfed.
That was my understanding, too. Also Pixelfed was/ is my escape from IG.
Yeah, but it still a broken piece of software that should not be recommended as long as its development team keeps not fixing long-standing bugs.
Thanks mate! Posted on mastodon too
Not sure recommending Swiss services is a particularly great idea from a privacy perspective right now.
They should be avoided if you care about privacy.
I switched from Dropbox to Nextcloud, saved a bunch of money and couldn’t be happier. It’s fantastic open source software. I don’t understand why it’s rarely listed in these guides.
Under my Nextcloud provider (Murena - not the cheapest, but they develop my phone OS so I figured I can support them) I also have OnlyOffice running on the cloud, which is great for co-authoring. And I also get e-mail there of course, though I mostly use e-mail from my web-hosting provider. I think Nextcloud also has video conferencing.
For search I use Qwant for now. I like that they’re slowly developing their own index, yet they are less puritan than Mojeek so the results are a bit more reliable. Haven’t heard of Karma before.
IONOS is also a great Nextcloud provider. Can highly recommend.
Deezer is owned by a Russian oligarch close to Putin AFAIK. That would disqualify it from this list in my opinion
Wtf, first time I heard this
Still better than using american services.
Ok tankie
(Better to use something truly decentralised!)
Truly decentralized music streaming? 🏴☠️
Aye, I’d love that. A Napster 2.0, if you will.
Coincidentally an American investment fund owns ~42% of the company and is the single largest stakeholder. Many would say that qualifies this as an American service.
Just learned about this from this other post if someone wants more details:
https://lemmy.world/post/33642043
Shame, more competition with Spotify would be a good thing.
Qobuz? High quality music. Family plans. Music purchases and audio file downloads. Gift cards!
And curated playlists rather than AI slop.
It comes with a music migration tool as well to transfer all your playlists.
Yeah, except that I deleted my Spotify account before making the switch and lost all my playlists. :(
I’m sure there are some public playlist you used to like that you can migrate. Or have shared playlists with friends that have copied them over into their account.
Yeah, the one playlist I missed I had shared with friends. Just haven’t bothered them about it yet :)
I generally listen more to albums than playlists though, so playlists don’t make all that much of a difference.
Isn’t it fun to look into companies and suddenly realize they’re all shit!?
Avoid infomaniak. Company is anti anonimity, CEO said only criminals want it. As a result they are supporting the anti encryption laws coming to Switzerland.
Source? (I use some of their services and do like the fact they‘re Swiss and somewhat sustainable). Thanks!
Ew.
why is search considered hard to switch on the chart?
Search is easy but has high impact.
wtf my brain switched the description of vertical and horizontal i read it again and now it looks right
@Sunshine I propose to change it: “it’s time to utilize digital services you can control”
Spotify: acrially a Swedish company, but one of the worst companies out there. I hate Apple but at least they are paying artists better. Spotify actively supports scammers (with AI music and phone farms) and breaks the law by promoting artists connected to their stakeholders.
Deezer is owned by a Russian oligarch who funds the US republican party.
Don’t know about the rest. But as far as I know there are no music streaming services with a moral compass.
Psst , you might like resonate
We are currently pausing new signups in order to work on our system.
Sad face… I’ll keep an eye on it, thanks!
But they are not USA, we have a war to win!
The Lemmy icon is not very descriptive for those who do not know Lemmy.
That’s what I was just thinking. People would have no idea where to start. Maybe searching for “mouse icon social network”?
