Scrobbling is fun, just one of those 'personal data' things to look at from time to time. Last.fm was always corporate/sketchy tho and never got into it/didn't want an account on it.
GNU Libre.fm worked fine for years tho! Nice to have an archive of data just sitting on there. (Lack of hands to work on it to get other features like dumps and more analysis never panned out tho).
But since the pandemic my listening habits on mobile where most of the scrobbling was being done from have changed completely and there's limited support on windows / no long available in things like WinAmp etc, so it's just not a thing anymore. Kinda sad.
I’m no longer involved with the GNU project so the site is in a weird state where the GNU docs are stuck in time. I do need to do a better job of pointing people to what’s out there though. I am considering a rewrite in modern PHP.
As mentioned elsewhere on this page, ListenBrainz project (https://listenbrainz.org) is an open source alternative to Last.fm. Its run by the MetaBrainz Foundation non-profit. You can also import your scrobbles from Last.fm and Libre.fm to it.
GNU Libre.fm worked fine for years tho! Nice to have an archive of data just sitting on there. (Lack of hands to work on it to get other features like dumps and more analysis never panned out tho).
But since the pandemic my listening habits on mobile where most of the scrobbling was being done from have changed completely and there's limited support on windows / no long available in things like WinAmp etc, so it's just not a thing anymore. Kinda sad.