Tidal now seems to be cheaper than Spotify. The algorithm gives me pretty similar stuff to what I got from Spotify. I find the desktop app okay.

Big pro they pay the artists better than Spotify does. Another big pro for me is the integration with plex.

Disclaimer: I’ve only had Spotify and Tidal, before I’d just download music, like buying it on Beatport or Bandcamp and host it on my own plex server.

You should be able to control every music streaming app from the desktop notification if you use KDE Connect. I use Tidal nowadays, which isn’t open source but it’s a very good streaming service. It normally costs 11€/month but the family plan is 17€/month for up to 6 people. Even if you only have 2 people in the plan it’s a lot cheaper than the individual plan or Spotify.

I’d like to find something that lets me control the music from my desktop, either through KDE connect or a standalone app. FOSS / F-droid preferred

I recommend a self-hosted music server like Navidrome. !navidrome@discuss.tchncs.de

I buy most of my music and use Navidrome to stream it. Tempo is a great android app and the Navidrome web app is solid

Innertune works well for me

This may fit the bill some? Harmonoid It allows you to use your local media.

If you don’t mind internet radio, there’s always Radio Garden which allows you to stream any station from almost anywhere in the world.

Spotube !

Idk if you will like it. It’s kinda buggy but it’s updated often. It’s opensource. And there is a desktop version. You can connect your spotify account so you can listen without ad. It is totaly free. If you dont want to connect an spotify account it is also ok. No account needed

I also think you can control the music from phone to pc like spotify do but I’m no sure about that one here the app