Someone on r/selfhosted asked: is music preservation a good reason to self-host? Short answer: yes. Your library isn't tied to a company's bottom line. It doesn't disappear when a price hike hits. Playing that library beautifully is what we're building. #MusicOwnership #SelfHosted

Revitalizing Sendai: New Urban Development Project Approved by Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism #Japan #Sendai #Urban_Regeneration #Land_Ministry #Sendai_Project

Revitalizing Sendai: New Urban Development Project Approved by Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has recognized a private urban regeneration project in Sendai, enhancing the urban landscape and walkability.

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Navidrome v0.63 just shipped server-side synced lyrics — karaoke, LRC, word-by-word timing via OpenSubsonic v2. Server's ready. Now clients catch up. A polished cross-platform player that sings with your library? Building it. No subscription. #Navidrome #SelfHosted #MusicOwnership

SUB/WAVE turns your Navidrome library into a 24/7 AI radio station with native apps. Shelv adds auto-playlists. The ecosystem keeps expanding — but no polished cross-platform player ties it together yet. Building that bridge. #SelfHosted #MusicOwnership

One month since Plex tripled lifetime to $750 and Amazon cut ad-free from Prime Music. Two moves that confirmed what people already knew: you don't own what you stream. Your music library doesn't need a subscription to exist. #MusicOwnership

incidentally there's a fairly big gap between Campfire Headphase and everything else; I could listen to those top four albums any time without skips but Campfire Headphase has my finger on the next track button

Two new Navidrome clients this weekend: Ferrosonic (Rust terminal, PipeWire) and Nokkvi (Rust/Iced desktop, GPU visualizers). Both Linux-only. New apps ship weekly — yet nothing bridges desktop and mobile, native and polished. Cross-platform is the gap we're closing. #SelfHosted #MusicOwnership

Ultimately, commenters were split. While some appreciated the attempt to bridge the gap between user intent and CLI complexity, many remained unconvinced that a new graphical shell is worth the security trade-offs over standard SSH. 4/4

Dawson’s Creek fans have been excited about the Katie Holmes–Joshua Jackson reunion at the heart of Holmes’ latest film Happy Hours since the first paparazzi photos emerged of the two actors walking down a New York City sidewalk.

Katie Holmes, Joshua Jackson on Creating “a Sense of Hope” With ‘Happy Hours’ Reunion: “Love Is Possible; Life Is Long; There’s No Given Path”

Dawson’s Creek fans have been excited about the Katie Holmes–Joshua Jackson reunion at the heart of Holmes’ latest film Happy Hours since the first paparazzi photos emerged of the two actors walking down a New York City sidewalk.

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Plexamp's creator left Plex. The benchmark self-hosted music player — the thing keeping people on Plex — is now a side project. Plex builds a streaming social hub. We're building the player your library deserves. No subscription. No corporate pivot. #MusicOwnership #OwnYourMusic

Two new Navidrome clients this weekend: Ferrosonic (Rust terminal, PipeWire) and Nokkvi (Rust/Iced desktop). Both Linux-only. New apps ship weekly — yet nothing bridges desktop and mobile, native and polished. Cross-platform is the gap we're closing. #SelfHosted #MusicOwnership #Navidrome

Artificial intelligence applications like MeowTalk successfully classify cat meows with 90% accuracy, unveiling a complex communication system evolved exclusively to interact with human companions.

4 days until Plex lifetime hits $750. r/jellyfin's "after a decade with Plex" hit 817 upvotes. r/Music has a fresh "Leaving Spotify" thread. The migration wave is cresting — and your library doesn't raise prices. Building the player that makes owning yours effortless. #MusicOwnership #OwnYourMusic

This month alone: YouTube Premium +$2/mo. Spotify +$1/mo. Plex x3 to $750. Amazon Music loses ad-free. Each is annoying. The pattern: streaming only goes up. Your library doesn't raise prices. Kontrole is building the player that treats your library like yours. #MusicOwnership #OwnYourMusic

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Explore how Apple's rumored iPhone Fold Ultra challenges Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8 in the evolving $2,000 foldable smartphone market.

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Someone on r/selfhosted just asked: is music preservation a good reason to self-host? Short answer: yes. Your library isn't tied to a company's bottom line. It doesn't disappear when a price hike hits. Playing that library beautifully is what we're building. #MusicOwnership #SelfHosted

Two new Navidrome clients landed yesterday: Cassette (iOS/macOS) and Wavio (Android). Both single-platform, same day. The pace keeps accelerating — 12 apps updated since June 17. Every launch proves demand and the cross-platform gap. Building that bridge. #SelfHosted #MusicOwnership

YouTube Premium just hit $15.99/mo — and subscribers' bills are landing right now. Your self-hosted music library doesn't raise prices. No ads. No features removed. Just your music, always. That's the difference between owning and renting. #MusicOwnership #OwnYourMusic

Apple Music gets AI AutoMix in iOS 27. Self-hosted Navidrome gets AudioMuse sonic similarity. Smart music discovery is arriving in two worlds — neither has a cross-platform player for your own library. That's the gap. Building the bridge. No subscription. #MusicOwnership #SelfHosted #Navidrome

Several commenters noted that forced updates and data harvesting are pushing them away from commercial streaming boxes entirely. There was a lot of talk about trying to find "dumb TVs" or building DIY media centers to regain basic control over the living room screen. 3/4

July 1: Plex triples lifetime to $750. July 2: Amazon Prime Music adds ads, kills downloads. Two days. Two corporate moves. One message: your music isn't safe with them. Building a different path — own your library, play it beautifully, no subscription. #MusicOwnership #OwnYourMusic

For Debian Stable users, Linux 7.1 is a long way off—likely not arriving until the 2027 "Forky" release. The thread quickly turned to the practicalities of compiling custom kernels, with several developers recommending "make localmodconfig" to keep build times manageable. 3/4

Your $750 Plex lifetime pass funds social features for movies — not better music. Plex just launched a streaming discovery hub. You're paying for Netflix aggregation, not your library. Building a player that actually prioritizes your music. No subscription. No pivot. #MusicOwnership #OwnYourMusic

Dusting off your 20-year-old Last.fm account after leaving Spotify is a whole mood. People are buying albums again, self-hosting, scrobbling for discovery. The bridge between owning your music and discovering new music? That's what we're building. #MusicOwnership #MusicDiscovery

r/selfhosted is buzzing about AudioMuse-AI + Navidrome. People are getting Plexamp-level discovery from their own library. The server has the goods. The client polish doesn't. Building a native player that pairs with your server. Your music. No sub. #BuildInPublic #MusicOwnership #SelfHosted

Navidrome 0.62 ships AudioMuse sonic similarity — sound-based recs for your self-hosted library are here. The server side is ready. Now we need a client that makes discovery feel native across every device. No subscription. That's the gap we're closing. #SelfHosted #MusicOwnership #Navidrome

Google open-sourced Magenta RealTime 2 — a music AI that runs in real-time on your laptop. 2.4B params, sub-200ms latency, fully local. The future of music AI is open, not cloud-locked. This is the world we're building for your music library. #MusicAI #OpenSource #LocalFirst

The self-hosted music ecosystem now has 60+ Navidrome-compatible clients — and more launch every week. Yet no cross-platform player feels native everywhere. Every new client proves demand. The gap proves opportunity. #SelfHosted #MusicOwnership

Tracking effective tokens over raw count is a massive insight. Optimization loops that prune tools based on utility are where real efficiency happens. #AI #DataEngineering

11 Navidrome clients updated this week alone. Gelly (Rust/Linux). Ratune (terminal). Shelv (auto-generated playlists). All single-platform. Every new client proves demand — and the gap for something truly cross-platform. #SelfHosted #MusicOwnership