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[โ€“] FatLegTed@piefed.social -1 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I know why you're getting downvoted.

But sorry people, Spotify is streets ahead of the others (IMO) as there is a far better choice of music. For me anyway, YMMV but I've given up with the others.

Same with video streaming - you cannot deny that the quality (technical and production, if not content) of Apple TV surpasses the others. I gave up with Foundation and Silo (plots) but the quality was superb. For All Mankind is probably the best thing ever on TV after The Expanse.

iCloud is just so polished and seamless. I gave up with Proton Drive as it was just too clunky and flaky. And that's after being a paid up Protoneer since almost day one. I still use Protonmail, Pass and VPN. Am just on a lower paid tier than I was before. Plus Vivaldi uses Proton for VPN.

I'm all for buying European where possible, (German bier, French and Italian wine, CachyOS or Mint) but am not going to wear a hair shirt and accept second or third rate performance because the internet says 'America Bad!'

[โ€“] SatyrSack@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 3 days ago

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.

https://www.historicalindex.org/what-is-a-hair-shirt.htm

[โ€“] cabbage@piefed.social 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] FatLegTed@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago

'I switched to Qobuz and I like it much more than I liked Spotify.' The sound quality was the best of the lot but like I say, the choice just wasn't there.

And I never had a problem with iCloud. I had a mac.com email address from when they were first avail. I hadn't use anything Mac since 2014 and when I picked up a used iPhone SE, everything was there when I logged in. iCloud is now avail online and all my old docs and pictures were there. All my iTunes music.

Horses for course I suppose - Never thought Tim Cook would bend the knee though :-(

[โ€“] DMCMNFIBFFF@feddit.uk 4 points 3 days ago

I generally don't like joining sites that require more than a username, password, and possibly an email.