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January 20th, 2023 | Spotube: Open-source Spotify-Youtube client
Jan 21, 2024
This podcast discusses an open-source Spotify-Youtube client, the debate on music availability, and audio quality. It also explores topics such as R&D amortization, the Sad Bastard Cookbook being taken down from Amazon, the anime industry and its treatment of animators, and a retired teacher's pension being wrongly stopped. Additionally, it covers Tesla employees misusing vehicle cameras, and NASA losing contact with the Ingenuity Mars helicopter.
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- The podcast discusses an open-source Spotify-Youtube client that offers ad-free listening, downloadable tracks, and prioritizes user privacy, highlighting the limitations imposed by Spotify's premium restrictions.
- Ubisoft expresses its desire for consumers to embrace non-ownership of games, reflecting the trend of digital licensing and drawing parallels with the shift from physical media to streaming services, while examining the impact on game availability, profitability, software preservation, and consumer rights.
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Spot Tubes: An Innovative Open Source Spotify Client Integrating YouTube
The podcast covers an open source Spotify client that integrates Spotify's Data API and YouTube to play music without the need for a premium subscription. The client offers ad-free listening, downloadable tracks, and prioritizes user privacy. It does not currently support Spotify shows and podcasts due to premium restrictions. The discussion also highlights the criticisms of Spotify's strategies for podcasts and platform exclusivity, comparing music availability and audio quality on Spotify and YouTube.
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