[thinkmcfly]

I tried Amazon and Google Assistant devices, and I was unable to find a way to integrate my 20+ year old digital music library into either of them for free. What the fuck is the point of these assistants if they can only play popular music? Is this shit for the most boring people in the world?

[ksaj]

They don't usually have any of the music I listen to, so I don't even bother looking at the offers. I don't use the services, and can't imagine enjoying it if I tried. For that matter, I tend to follow the managing companies of music that I like online, so I know when an album I want is coming out, and then get it that way.

I got burned by Apple deleting even my own personal recordings a decade or so ago, so I simply do not trust such "services" anymore.

[rullelito]

Even better, songs just randomly disappear and I don't know which ones. I just see "unavailable" unnamed songs in my playlists.

[patch_cable]

Sadly, this used to be possible with Amazon's service, but they removed the ability to upload your own catalog.

[zht]

I don’t think this is a constructive line of thinking.

Popular music by definition is popular because… well a lot of people like it.

And so they make services/devices catering to that large population of people.

Just because people like things that are mainstream doesn’t make them boring

[hulitu]

> Popular music by definition is popular because… well a lot of people like it.

And a lot of people "like it" because it is pushed aggresively by the record companies. A lot of the so called "Popular music" is garbage you won't hear of after a couple of years.

[amanaplanacanal]

It’s mostly lowest common denominator music.

[thinkmcfly]

You're right, I could have said that better. But you know what? Fuck those idiots sucking down that mainstream trash, happy to be exploited by Google, Amazon, Spotify, and Apple. Fuck those fucking stupid fucks

[terribleperson]

I believe Google Music was able to do this several years ago, but killed the feature. I could easily be wrong, because I only know of Google Music at all second hand.

[dangravell]

I wrote a summary of these types of services here: https://www.blisshq.com/music-library-management-blog/2021/0... - hope it's of interest.

[kevincox]

This feature is back in YouTube Music but it seems that uploaded music is fairly separate from their library. I don't think for example mixes and recommendations use your uploaded music.

[unmole]

Google Music let you upload your own music and stream it on any device.

[Paraesthetic]

You can link plex, well at least I was able to a year oir so ago, havn't actually sued the integration

[mrcarruthers]

Does Plex work through them? If so you could run a Plex server