Spotify wants me to have a card from said county. I read that you can use PayPal, but they want a phone number from that country.

Any advice?

Edit: I’m aware that there are a lot of solutions to get it for free. I’m aware that I can just download my music.

Currently, I’m running running navidrome for my downloaded music and x manager Spotify for myself.

My wife has an iPhone. I don’t want to download her music. But she’s paying full price for Spotify.

I also like to listen from my work desktop. I have administrative rights, but it would be really dumb to download something like this to my work machine.

In several countries, I can get Spotify for like $30 dollars a year for 2 people. This price would be worth moving to legal. Especially for her, since she’s paying $11 right now

          • @Bandicoot_AcademicEnglish
            10•4 months ago

            DAP - Digital Audio Player - a dedicated device for playing music. Usually will offer higher quality playback then a phone.

            SD Card - Secure Digital Card - A common standard for removable flash storage

            IEM - In Ear Monitors - A type of headphones

            OP is saying to buy this stuff and have your music downloaded as normal files on the SD card.

    • @butter@midwest.socialOPEnglish
      2•4 months ago

      Fun story. I never really considered myself an audiophile. At first, I downloaded every song I had as an mp3 or YouTube rip.

      Then I ran out of storage space and built a music server.

      Then I discovered deemix. At the time completely free

      I know deemix wouldn’t last. I redownloaded every song I had as flac, knowing I can’t Begin to take advantage of it. Storage is cheap and I have unlimited data.

      So a dap is in my future. Probably in my car. And after some research

      • @MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1•4 months ago

        Take a look at Hiby for the less expensive DAPs. You’ll find plenty of IEMs to run off of it in whichever category of price you’re looking in