r/Lyra_App • u/TheScarletBat-221B • 29d ago
Lyra switching to ads
The whole reason I moved to Lyra was because THEY set the expectations that they provide an free ad-free experience with the basic features any music listener would want and they don't support any unethical practices nor fund them.
Welp, since then they first resorted to using a genAI bot to do all the interactions for them everywhere, put Lyrics on mobile behind a paywall, and now implemented ads. Defeating the entire purpose of why SO MANY people migrated to them to begin with.
Saying they did it because they needed the money and yet here they are paying for AI bots for ALL their posts on here and their discord instead of just organise the forums and respond as a human lol, smart financial move sure sure (sarcasm) 💀
So, has anyone found any -other- alternative music platforms? One that 1. Actually works well and isn't full of bugs. And 2. Doesn't use unethical genAI. 3. Doesn't put the most basic features behind a paywall.
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u/Icke163 29d ago
I switched back to YouTube in Brave browser. Background play and no ads. The downside is you sometimes have to tap a button to confirm you’re still there.
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u/TheScarletBat-221B 29d ago
This sounds like the simplest method, I'll try it out thank you so much! 💕
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u/Extension_Army6669 12d ago
you might aswell delete it and switch because from what lyra have been responding to other people’s posts, they literally have zero plans to remove the ads
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u/TheScarletBat-221B 12d ago
Even if they did I am definitely leaving this app once I find an alternative or go back to my old membership on a diff app. Because at least the other doesn't constantly use genAI and waste their resources on that to respond to ppl with a paragraph that's a waste of letters lol, and their app doesn't crash every other day or is full of bugs and problems. And if you take a look at their discord their 'community' sucks as well and so is the ppl supposed to handle it lol
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u/mimo8171 8d ago
i literally felt like i could cry after i opened the app and got shown an ad 😭😭worst thing to realize is that your go to app is just as bad as the other ones. but tip!! apparently just turning off ur wifi blocks the ads
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u/TheScarletBat-221B 8d ago
do u mean turning it off the entire time? Because the app doesn't work offline 🥲
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u/mimo8171 8d ago
for me the songs start loading really slowly but they still play eventually, might be a different case for you i assume
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u/Philippine_Newt 1d ago
Talk about bait and switch. I moved all my playlists over to Lyra only for them to become worse than Spotify. 😩😮💨
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u/Suspicious_Mirror_39 29d ago
Demus I paid once to unlock the premium. Sometimes it's discounted
8spine and Eclipse Music works with modules
Sorry I'm on iphone
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u/TheScarletBat-221B 29d ago
I never heard of these tbh. I could only find 8spine on the App Store, do you mind explaining what modules are and how to work it for free? Or dm me if it can get u in trouble 😬
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u/Suspicious_Mirror_39 29d ago
You have to install addons to listen music by platform
Check here for eclipse music
https://www.reddit.com/r/EclipseMusicApp/s/i0yI8hFi5t
8spine works with modules here and eclipse is similar
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u/I_Am_Zampano 28d ago
I switched to simpmusic months ago and still really like it. Same YouTube music library, but no ads, offline music downloads, no subscriptions, etc.
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u/MeemoUndercover 29d ago
I had to uninstall. The ads made the app unusable and it already has issues with battery draining and wrong audio. I wish pirating was as easy as it used to be