Comment by pluc
24 days ago
I use mpd and ncmpcpp but arguably I don't need much in terms of features, I just play all the things on shuffle.
No point in using my phone as when I'm on the LAN, I don't need it, and when I'm out of it, it's counter productive to connect to it (because Canada still has third world mobile data rates) and better off replicating the entire library on-device.
In Nepal I pay $4.38 per month for 60 GB of 4G mobile data.
A quick search on planhub.ca for 60GB with BYOD and unlimited calls in Canada is $35. That's 8x your cost, and that's the minimum, with obscure telcos that piggyback on others' networks, so quality is not great. The Big 3 are more around $45-50.
It's often cheaper to buy an European eSIM and roam, it's laughable and has been stifling innovation for decades. But hey, someone's getting rich.