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!
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.
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.
This thread made me start a trial for Qobuz, so thanks for the recommendation!
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.
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.
Navidrome is sooo nice, highly recommend
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.
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.
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
I dont see anyone recommending any decent free options. To my knowledge tidal and qobuz are paid services. I usually use Pandora but it kills my battery hard.
I don’t know if they have a free tier but I see Deezer mentioned a lot in this post as a good alternative.
Their website says they do I just checked. I swear they didn’t use to.
Mandatory fuck Spotify. They rip off artists too.
I mean there’s lots of reasons not to use Spotify, think they got Israeli ties 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.
Does anyone know any good alternatives?
I have seen Qobuz and Deezer mentioned a lot as a good alternative in this post.
Kreate
Forgot already that they gave Trump money when he started being president?
How dare they invest into oppression against the precious American people, don’t they know that oppression is only for brown intervention abroad?
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.
Or why better curate your own MP3/FLAC collection.
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)
