This is probably a dumb question but what is a better way to send a link to a song to friends without using Spotify? I don’t use Spotify anymore so I don’t like going back to that website just to copy a song link so people could hear it. I know I could send something like a YouTube link but I’m trying to degoogle so I wanted to see if there was an alternative? Can you send songs as last.fm links? Idk I just randomly thought about this and wanted to ask if I’m being weird or something Thanks in advance

(Edited to fix typo)

  • KISSmyOS@lemmy.world
    132·
    1 year ago

    The degoogled, open source way is to send them a link to your self-hosted media server.

    • JetpackJackson@feddit.deOP
      6·
      1 year ago

      I wish I could but I don’t have one :( I have no money and no knowledge of where to search for a good guide to start

      • LordOfTheChia@lemmy.world
        9·
        1 year ago

        Don’t listen to these guys, there’s a really easy solution:

        1. Set you voice mail greeting to the song you want to share
        2. Share your phone number with your group or post it online to the folks you want to share the song with
        3. Don’t answer your phone for a few days
      • KISSmyOS@lemmy.world
        4·
        1 year ago

        For private use, you could set it up on any old pc, a router or a Raspberry Pi.
        The time to learn is the limiting factor.

        • JetpackJackson@feddit.deOP
          2·
          1 year ago

          Can the device be turned off to give it a rest or does it need to be running all the time? I dont know if my dad is still going to use our pi3 for games (and i know i dont need anymore computers rn either)… maybe i could run it on my laptop? But i use it for school… I gotta think about it. In the meantime, do you have any guides that can reduce the time to learn?

          • russjr08@outpost.zeuslink.netEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            I’m not super well-versed on the music side of self-hosted media management, but in regards to running it all the time - you can shut it off, however no one will be able to access any media from it while its offline (unless there’s a download/save-offline feature for whichever platform is used).

          • KISSmyOS@lemmy.world
            1·
            1 year ago

            It needs to be running all the time you need its services. If it’s not running it can’t serve you music.
            Modern PCs and laptops don’t have an issue with that, even with Windows 10/11.
            But a Raspberry Pi with a large HDD (with its own power supply) attached would be perfect IMO.