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Semi-related question - do any of the big services other than Apple Music let you upload your personal collection? Google Music did but I'm pretty sure they lost that functionality in the transition to YouTube Music.

I've got a lot of obscure stuff that isn't on streaming services I want access to. I love that Apple Music lets me add it, but for some reason massive chunks of my library keep getting corrupted in the cloud even though my local files stay fine.

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not upload... but spotify allows you to hookup a folder of local music last i checked.

So just like... It can play files in your phone? Not really what I'm going for.

I'm looking for access to my near terabyte collection without filling my phone's 128gb memory.

I don't believe there's any service that offers that - piracy concerns and all. At best you could set up a media server and a tunnel to your home server.

What I used to do was create a smart playlist that would be randomly filled with a selection of music every time my ipod was synced.

> I don't believe there's any service that offers that

Like I said, Apple Music literally does offer that. I use it every day. It’s just got problems.

Google Music used to offer it.

I'm not sure about size limitations, but apple music allows syncing personal collections through their service. Having access to my large library, much of which is not available through any streaming service, is why I use it.

That said, apple music has a large number of bugs with this service that are infuriating to deal with. For instance, I've noticed it dedups some of the library to the incorrect (censored) version of songs.

Plex or Navidrome. I love Plexamp and it has completely replaced other apps

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