Not totally sure if this is the right spot to post but here goes,

SO wants to get rid of spotify. I am looking for alternatives. I did find Spotube which seems awesome on android, however they need to be able to run it on their work PC and our IT dept has to approve the program etc its stupid.

Is it possible to run something like spotube sandboxed off a flash drive? I doubt it. Or, we have a Synology nas, can we run something like spotube off that because we can access the nas from our work pc via browsers (wfh)

Only issue when is when they travel they wouldnt have access to it on their laptop, but could use their phone instead.

I was also wondering if there is such a thing as a discovery plugin for spotube, because SO enjoys that feature of spotify.

What have you guys found? Also, yes I have a large physical media collection already, but SO wants this for work listening and to find new music, so that doesnt really work for them. Otherwise I guess quobuz or tidal it is…

  • lucas@startrek.websiteEnglish
    48·
    12 hours ago

    What kind of dystopia are you living in that listening to music or podcasts would ‘raise the alarm’? Yes, don’t do anything inappropriate (definitely no piracy, obviously), or detrimental to productivity, but listening to music? Would definitely quit if an employer had a problem with that.

    Is this a thing that’s considered ‘normal’ in the US? (I’m assuming US mainly because other countries are not generally so hostile towards employees)

    • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 hours ago

      (I’m assuming US mainly because other countries are not generally so hostile towards employees)

      It’s not a matter of hostility to employees, but it does have to do with liability and some people don’t know where the boundaries are. It’s usually a small minority screwing it up for everybody else.

    • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      5·
      7 hours ago

      The issue is not listening to music, the issue is trying to circumvent company IT policy to install software they’re not allowed to install, e.g. spottube. So, if they want to use something like that, they need to do so on their own devices.

    • fozid@feddit.ukEnglish
      8·
      9 hours ago

      I don’t think the issue is listening to music, but installing potentially dodgy software that could bring a virus into the corporate network. Hence most businesses handling sensitive information try to protect their systems and networks by preventing unauthorised installation of software.