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…
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Only do work on work devices. This is a quick way to lose a job. Always assume the company sees everything that’s happening on their device. No way around it, and any attempt to get around it will raise the alarm. Just do the music/podcasts/etc… on another device. Why “need to be able to run it on their work PC”?
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)
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.
Don’t worry, we are all on win 11, its already a virus xD I cant stand it.
i hate using it to, but only because i am comfortable with the freedom linux provides. the majority of people using a windows machine would melt at the first sight of trying to use linux and have no motivation or inclination to learn or use it, and why should they? if windows is a sufficient tool for their use case, then good. the os is just a tool to interact with the machine, and as long as the user gets what they want out of it, then the tool is correct.
Best not to go against policy on a work PC. Ideally switch to another alternative who’s app actually can just run.
In general running isolated, throwaway things in windows can be done via https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/application-security/application-isolation/windows-sandbox/windows-sandbox-install
Consider: a bunch of mp3s and a media player
Yeah i do already have that but they want more music than that
Several bunches of mp3s, then.
I also enjoy good old fashioned FM radio from time to time myself.
Fm here is solely nazi conservative rage and stadium ai country. Hell to the no. Oh and “Christian rock”. I envy those of you with good radio. Its been dead here for 20 years.
Npr is the only station ill listen to.
Short answer: Don’t.
Long answer: Your SO can use a personal laptop if they absolutely must have access to it. For slow work days, I bring a personal laptop and pair it with my personal phone hotspot to get it online. Work doesn’t see it, nor do they care so long as I don’t circumvent any IT security policies.
why not use something web-based? there’s navidrome for self hosting, or plenty of other piracy(?) music streaming sites (which some aren’t sketchy, or safe enough to use with ublock origin)
Well the work laptops block websites too if they arent corporate. Amazingly the archive is completely unblocked. Anything gaming related is blocked.
I think access through the nas would work best.
If website are blocked properly, then any app running on the device likely also won’t connect.
Don’t try to bypass IT controls. That’s a great way to get yourself into a lot of trouble.
Just bring a personal laptop to work and enable hotspot on your phone.
