Streaming My Own Music, Like an Animal

Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube Music. Across the services I tried, there was always something: missing content, music unavailable in my country, or playback trouble. Amazon Music's interface was absolutely horrid; I found it unusable. Apple Music would stutter on my Android phones often enough to become deeply annoying. Eventually, I quit streaming services for my primary listening. Paying for convenience had become an oddly demanding hobby. I installed gonic on my Mac Mini M4, specifically for its folder view. Apparently, wanting to browse music in the folders I put it in is now a specialised requirement. ...

November 11, 2026 · 2 min · 224 words · Dhiru Kholia