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title: "2026 Update :A Spotify Alternative - Though you will no longer be part of the Navy."
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# 2026 Update :A Spotify Alternative - Though you will no longer be part of the Navy.

**Please support the artists you like by donating to them directly**

Following up on [my wildly successful post about Netflix/Stremio](https://pupontech.com/a-netflix-alternative-though-you-will-no-longer-be-part-of-the-navy/). This is my current music stack and how you get rid of paid music streaming services.

**Please support the artists you like by donating to them directly**

## Exporting your music

First thing I did was download all my songs from my current streaming service that was Tidal at the time. As a side note, I would move between music services seamlessly using [Soundizz](https://soundiiz.com/). For $4.50 you can move your library between almost any streaming service.

I used [Tidal-DL-NG](https://github.com/exislow/tidal-dl-ng) to download all of my music in FLAC

## Music Discovery

For music discovery I use a combination of Youtube sparingly and friends.

## Music Downloading

Once I find music I like I use [SoulSeek](https://nicotine-plus.org/)with the [Nicotine+](https://nicotine-plus.org/) client to download the FLAC versions.

## metadata

- Quality verification – [Fakin the Funk](https://fakinthefunk.net/en/)
- Metadata (except Lyrics)-[Musicbrainz Picard](https://picard.musicbrainz.org/downloads/)
- For lyric Files I use [LRCGET](https://github.com/tranxuanthang/lrcget)

## Music Streaming Server (optional)

For my music streaming server I use [Navidrome](https://www.navidrome.org/)on top of [CasaOS](https://www.casaos.io/)(Docker frontend) on my Rasberry Pi. I have a Cloudflare Tunnel set up for over the internet streaming . My internet is 20 Mbps up and it streams to my phone if not smoother than Tidal/Spotify/Apple Music at FLAC quality.
I am using the Spotify API to automate album art as I couldn’t get the LastFM one working. For details you can read more [here](https://www.navidrome.org/docs/usage/external-integrations/).
My docker compose file can be downloaded [here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LPY6aiu46-Hz4YxApKVSlffuhSudi1Lj/view?usp=sharing)if you want a simplified setup.
For Scrobbling I am logged into [LastFM](https://www.last.fm/)through the Navidrome GUI under Settings-Personal

## Music apps

Android – [Symfonium](https://symfonium.app/)-Imagine [Poweramp](https://powerampapp.com/)just with more polish and selfhosted server support.A hidden gem.
PC – [Supersonic](https://github.com/dweymouth/supersonic) – have had 0 issues with it and been extremely happy with the UI.

## Success

You should now have a library of songs you like, that dont get randomly removed or deleted from your account. You can have as much or as little curation as you want
Now that you have some money freed up, please go donate to the artists directly! They get more and you get without the giant cuts from the “services” and you save money. Its a win-win.

This is day 4 of [#100DaysToOffload](https://100daystooffload.com/)

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