I don’t know what this is
While the piracy community being among the biggest arguably doesn’t make for great optics
I’d argue otherwise. It is great optics to have a thriving piracy community. It keeps the corporate boot lickers out, and attracts the kind of crowd that we should want on Lemmy.
FLAC files use lossless compression, which means all the original data is preserved (which is why people like FLAC), which makes FLAC files smaller than an uncompressed .WAV audio file, but still larger than an MP3 file, which uses lossy compression. Lossy compression does involve the loss of some data. This is what allows MP3 files to be smaller than FLAC. With the existence of other more modern lossy audio file formats/codecs like .AAC, and .opus, MP3s should no longer be used unless it is required for compatibility reasons. The modern lossy formats offer higher quality audio files at lower file sizes than MP3.
Pretty similar to that yeah. No downloads, and I don’t think it saves any changes made to audio quality in the settings.
Spotify APK with no ads and premium features. I then pirate what I like
Settings > connections > more connection settings > private DNS
I’m using private DNS on mobile data right now. It’s system wide and not dependent on WiFi
I find using a DNS server that blocks ads gets rid of them. You just put the name of the server (like “dns.adguard.com”) in the private DNS field in settings and turn it on.
I find the setting on my phone in Settings > connections > more connection settings > private DNS
Third party apps for Spotify is definitely the way to go if you don’t have premium.
The same way you install revanced, you basically have to reinstall it with an updated APK and patches. At least that’s how I did it.
I use YouTube revanced, and after a quick update a few weeks ago it’s working fine again
Why would anyone want that? The whole point of being on Lemmy is to get away from Reddit