De-Clouding: Music
4 days ago
- #tech-setup
- #music-ownership
- #digital-minimalism
- Author is transitioning from cloud-based music streaming to owning music files.
- Expressed dissatisfaction with Apple Music app's usability.
- Purchased Snowsky Echo Mini for office speakers, praises sound quality but criticizes interface.
- Adopted Petrichor (free, open-source) for MacOS and Doppler (£9 one-time purchase) for iOS as music players.
- Plans to acquire music via DRM-free downloads or second-hand CDs, using a USB CD/DVD player for ripping.
- Aims to maintain family's Apple Music subscription for discovery while personally owning music files.
- Seeks to teach kids the value of owning media and considers buying a BluRay player.