This sounds like you're referring to scrobbling. Try https://last.fmEdit: last.mf is closed source. It sounds like ListenBrainz or LibreFM is the foss option
For anyone wondering, here is the difference between uMatrix and uBlock Origin: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24533329
Wow, I never thought of that as a good thing until now. I bet Gentoo users are more well-rounded than Arch users
Gnome won't break. If you don't want them calling you up in the middle of a work day saying, "why did the bar at the bottom of the screen disappear!?" or "Berny, my screen turned black!", install Gnome
I did the same! After that, I never tried to run that command from memory