So I know about Mastodon, Lemmy / Kbin, PeerTube, and Element but is there a Fediverse alternative to Music & Podcasts (preferably one that doesn’t connect to Crypto)
The answer is yes! It’s called FunkWhale.
I doubt it’ll be what you’re imagining, though, because of the licensing requirements for music hosted in a decentralized system. In particular, everything in the fediverse is public, so all music and podcasts hosted in the fediverse has to be licensed under the creative commons, and can’t be gated to paying customers, which does not include most music or podcasts.
I think it’s best acknowledged that FunkWhale is much closer to a federated Soundcloud than a federated Spotify. Still a very cool project.
This is a better analogy, thanks!
I’ve personally been using this app :
https://f-droid.org/packages/oss.krtirtho.spotube/
No premium required. Can download. Has lyrics. Can import all your saved likes and playlists from Spotify.
That’s really cool, I’ll take a look.
I would suggest piracy.
I was thinking, Kazaa and Napster were pretty decentralized…
Podcasts are already decentralised. You can use a podcasting app like AntennaPod (Android) and if you search for a podcast, it’ll look through several databases and feeds to find it. Afaik most podcast apps work this way, and there’s also a standard format to import/export subscriptions.
As for music, as other suggested - piracy, haha.
Yeah I didn’t really think when I said about Podcasts tbh but it’s nice to know that I can choose what I want to use.
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What are the pros and cons of SoundCloud over Spotify?
You should check out Radio Free Fedi: “sound from the fediverse to the universe, celebrating sound, agency and avoiding walled gardens, supporting fedi artists”
I don’t know the answer to your question, but I’d be willing to wager a small sum that based on music licensing, it would be No. I could be wrong though.
