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I vibe with your quest, but why not use an external scrobbling service?
Do you mean a self-hosted service for a server?
I am specifically referring to what is colloquially known as 'scrobbling', though Last.fm kind of owns the term but there are open alternatives and you can in theory host those open alternatives yourself if you are chronically allergic to relying on corporate services. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last.fm#Scrobbling
I am asking why you wouldn't simply use Last.FM, or it's alternatives, where you enter a mutually beneficial relationship in which they do all the work and give you aggregate statistics, and you give them listening statistics that they can use to make money in return.
I suppose I'm allergic to sharing my data with corporations
More serious reply: I prefer to not depend on others on personal stuff that I can maintain by myself, eventually in a smarter and more versatile way.
There are self hosted scrobbling options. The one I've heard of is Maloja
Edit: https://github.com/krateng/maloja
Thanks