Like you I try to support artists by purchasing physical media or releases on Bandcamp. Outside of that I get my music on Soulseek, through torrents, Usenet, and occasionally XDCC. I don’t need lossless files and even if I download FLACs I transcode them to 320kbps MP3 before they go on my iPod anyway. The harder it becomes to acquire music legally the less bad I feel about downloading with abandon.

Awesome! If you do I’d love to hear how it goes. I’m sure I’m not the only person trying this but I haven’t found much online from other users yet.

Streaming my own music was the reason I got into self-hosting in the first place and I’ve been satisfied with Navidrome for over a year now. My preference is to stream via an app on my phone but I’ve made accounts for a couple friends and they stream happily on multiple devices using the browser interface.

As stated, my reason is that I was paying Spotify more money for less music and I was unhappy with that. You pointed out yourself that musicians barely get by in the streaming era so I would rather support them on Bandcamp (I know it has it’s own issues) or buying physical media whenever possible rather than pirating. Streaming platforms may make music you want to listen to seemingly affordable and accessible but that’s not the case for everyone. This is my personal experience.

it’s easier to just sub to something like Apple Music… literally $110/yr for all the music that exists.

As others have stated, not all music exists on every streaming platform. That alone is enough of a reason for me. I recently canceled my longtime Spotify subscription because the price kept increasing while my library kept decreasing. I actually don’t pirate music when I can help it because I’d rather support artists on Bandcamp or purchasing physical media directly. If I can’t do that then I head to Soulseek!

boredreading.com is a blog feed with hashtag/topic subscriptions but it sounds like that’s not really what you’re looking for?

The install script does generate docker compose and env files that you can edit. Others have suggested alternative radio options so I hope you find one that works for you :)

I actually just got Azuracast running in a container for the first time yesterday. Where are you running into trouble with the script?

I can’t remember the last time I saw a Raspberry Pi for $40, the demand still has prices sky-high

Sad if true 🥲

Looks great! The iPod modding scene is alive and well. eBay is full of used/for-parts pods that often require a simple battery replacement to get up and running again. My favorite website for aftermarket parts and accessories is Elite Obsolete Electronics.

Never noticed those bordered corners either, good job spotting them! I just pushed a fix to the stylesheet. I’m not on Github so I’m not sure this theme will be showing up on the official site. If anything I would at least wait until the native Lemmy theme was ready to share.

There is no compact version at the moment. Is the sidebar much smaller in comparison to a native theme in your browser?

Yeah it sucks that there are no free user style extensions for Safari, sorry ☹️

I don’t have plans for a Catppuccin theme, but someone else asked about it on my last post and I found a theme on Github: https://github.com/n3oney/catppuccin-lemmy

Stylus themes only change CSS locally in-browser, I’m still working on a native theme. I will definitely post an update when it’s further along because I’ll need help from others willing to install and test early versions on their own instances!

Yes this is exactly what I was hoping to learn! Bonus points for a solution that works with Siri. Thanks for the tips!!

I just pushed an update with different font selections, I may try to add size selection in a future update as well. For now see if any of the other fonts are easier for you to read!

Thanks for the suggestion, I didn’t know this was a possibility. Just pushed an update that should now include font options!

Not a pain! Quite the opposite. I pushed an update this afternoon that should have fixed the bug, let me know if that helps and/or if you find any other issues. Much appreciated 😄