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Self-hoster's diary. Streaming music from Nextcloud.

As it turns out streaming music is very easy with a Nextcloud instance. The Nextcloud music app comes with an embedded subsonic servers and Android has a plethora of apps yo stream from subsonic.

You can always doenload the music you want to listen to while offline and play it with a FOSS music player like Pulse Music. This is one of the best looking music apps I've seen in a while.

https://github.com/HardcodeCoder/PulseMusic

It' sad seeing Ethereum projects trying to attract new clients. The small time investors don't have a gazillion dollars to spend on gas. They're cool projects, that's what makes it so sad. Only the rich people afford to use this network right now, it's rich men's blockchain.

Are you people still using Ethereum? If yes, how do you manage to get anything done with the high gas fees? I'm keeping an eye on the gas for a few days now because I want to exchange some tokens, but I can't pay $100+ in fees

It's important to be mindful of the programs you use. Stop using something just because your friends and family do. We all know how to eat healthy, but when it comes to the digital space we all stuff our mouths with junk food (read software).

I mean they're not wrong. Streaming just ends up costing you unlimited money

I'm not going to be one of those that say how much better it is to have your own cloud. I kind of miss Spotify and all, but I'm not transitioning away for something easier, but something better. I've got to say NextCloud makes the process of owning your data really painless, they've stricken a balance between privacy and usability

I like @BrodieOnLinux, I discovered him first through LBRY. Today I was recommended one of his YouTube videos and I've been aware he has a YouTube channel for quite some time, but I refuse to subscribe on principle. I have 4 channels I'm subscribed to and I don't like encouraging people to stay on the platform. So, I'm sorry Brodie, I'll give you a tip on LBRY to meke up for that 😂😂😂

Streaming music from my NextCloud is actually a much pleasant experience than using Spotify. Having a VPS with high speed Internet helps a lot

Installing NextCloud made me realize I need to give @ubuntu and friends a a shot again. At first I went with Fedora and tried installing NextCloud manually, but I gave up halfway. The snap package was miraculously good.

So I finally pulled the trigger on NextCloud. I know a VPS doesn't mean that I have 100% authority over my content, but can't afford something better right now, plus I have some crypto that needs to be spent.