There are plenty of controversies surrounding Spotify, but what really made me cancel my subscription was the fact that they ran recruitment ads for ICE. Boycott Spotify!
it’s a shame because Spotify was one of the only ones with a working free tier.
but self-hosting feels nicer anyway
I prefer collecting music, CDs into MP3s and listening to those on my PC using Strawberry or on my modded Creative Zen Micro MP3-player. I’m pretty sure to say that buying an used CD from thriftstore gives as much money to the artist as does streaming it on Spotify. (=0€)
Spotify’s shitty algorithm drove me away. I love Qobuz. It doesn’t trap me in a loop— I get to pick everything I listen to.
Qobuz
I’m gonna have to try that.
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yea that’ll show them for sure
Um, one this is old news, and two, they aren’t getting my money. How else would I show them? I could at least tell tnem why I stopped GIVING THEM MY MONEY.
How else would you show them why?
Not giving them money will but the majority will stay subbed anyway due to the convenience.
Not when there are ample alternatives.
Ahoy! There’s data on these torrential waters, and with the money we save, we can afford to buy all these bands’ merch and attend their shows!
Just download and build an offline music collection like before 🙌
Spotify has shit audio quality anyways.
Do this or use Qobuz. Qobuz also allows purchase and digital download of the wav files for permanent offline storage.
Using wav files when flac exists seems like a waste of space and bandwidth
Not a good look. Any way around this on Android without Google Play Services?
You might be able to open the website in a browser. I have Graphene and run sandboxed Google Play for Qobuz.
Do they have more music in the streaming plan than in the download store? I searched for one of my favorite artists and they only have two songs in the store.
Their library isn’t as big as Spotify sadly, but that’s the artists fault. It’s like $35 total to distribute to most streaming services and an extra $5 to include Qobuz, tidal, deezer, and a handful of others.
Spotify provides lossless streaming nowadays actually.
24-bit/44.1kHz (2117kbps)
CD quality, not lossless.
And build your own streaming infrastructure, with Navidrome for example.
Im using my already setup Jellyfin Server for that. Symfonium to access the libary on my phone and Jellyfin-TUI on PC. The customizability of Symfonium is amazing!
Navidrome is sooo nice, highly recommend
Amen. Not sure if it’d be right to say that it’s never been easier, but between supporting artists you like through Bandcamp and getting music you want through Soulseek, it sure is easy.
Like the before times, eh? Gonna need a pack of cheap earbuds, some silly bands, and a lack of care for my future hearing capacity.
I finally was able to get my wife to cancel it a few months ago. She is using my server now and it’s been a rough transition, but we are getting there.
Been boycotting them for 1,5 year or so. Went to Qobuz but mainly buy vinyl in recordshops or via bandcamp. Also buy a lot of digital albums during bandcamp fridays
Mandatory fuck Spotify. They rip off artists too.
They also elevated Joe Rogan and the entire antitrans movement… many years ago…
I don’t support giving Joe Rogan any money either but I honestly think the Spotify deal helped move him out for the spotlight. I would say his peak was a few years ago before the Spotify deal, I definitely don’t hear as much out of him now as I used to.
This thread made me start a trial for Qobuz, so thanks for the recommendation!
I mean there’s lots of reasons not to use Spotify, think they got Israeli ties too
Forgot already that they gave Trump money when he started being president?
Music streaming is amazing. I love it. It’s so much easier to find new music.
That being said, best way to support the artists is to go to their shows, and buy their merch. Specifically, buy the album. There is no guarantee it will still be available for streaming forever, so best to have a physical copy and rip it to mp3 for archiving and digital use
Tidal pays artists 4X more per stream than Spotify.
Apple Music 2X more.
Spotify is the biggest problem with artists making no money.
Got it. I’ll continue to not use Spotify.
I disliked the company before it was cool
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Switched to Deezer(has an anti AI policy) a year ago and never looked back.
I went to tidal (which I know is only marginally better than spotify). They at least label and demonetize AI slop. But I’m still feeling like I should switch soon, I just wish qoobuz had more.
Deezer is actually really good IMO. Been with them for years, good service, little fiddly to download playlists for offline use on an mp3 player but not too bad.
Also switched to Deezer and it’s excellent. Some things are worse than Spotify but they have regular updates that improve things (sometimes too regular tbh)
