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!
They also elevated Joe Rogan and the entire antitrans movement… many years ago…
Just download and build an offline music collection like before 🙌
I been on Tidal since last November
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
Or why better curate your own MP3/FLAC collection.
I am happy with Quobuz
Been using qobuz for years now. I love it.
Way ahead of you, i don’t use spotify since 2018, when my favorite podcast at the time stopped to been exclusive from they, never give those fuckers a cent
A friend from a local band told me that the money they’re making from streaming is maybe barely enough to cover the cost of being on the platform to begin with. So yeah, I can agree with “fuck Spotify” even before going to the sketchy stuff they’ve been funding and promoting.
I’m going the self hosting route myself. Navidrome running on a small PC at home, Symfonium on my phone, and music from Bandcamp and CDs I’ve bought. If you care about the artists you’re listening to, you should care about supporting them. Buying a digital album on Bandcamp Friday for 10 bucks means 10 bucks going directly to the artist with no deductions. I haven’t looked at the numbers, but you’d probably have to be streaming their stuff thousands of times before they make the same money from streaming.
Switched to Deezer(has an anti AI policy) a year ago and never looked back.
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)
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.
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.
I listened to “The Eagles” Greatest Hits last week and seven people were snatched off the street and shipped to another country. Fuck “The Eagles”. /s
I stopped using even their free service when they kept giving a platform to anti-vax dipshit podcasters during covid
I have Spotify premium. What I really loathe about them is that even on premium they insert ads into podcasts. And no it is not the podcaster promoting sponsors in their own voice. It is Spotify interrupting the podcast with commercials in my local language.
Am I supposed to feel some sort of sympathy or something?
You’re paying, knowing full well that you’re a sucker
TIL this TIL community has some real thick members but I also learned that the community is doing a great job of ensuring they are properly ratioed.
Easiest boycott ever for me
Way ahead of you, I have never used Spotify, I don’t like the concept of music streaming
Bandcamp FTW
I mainly just buy my music on iTunes…
Again.
Bandcamp FTW.
Or Boomkat.
Even Qobuz is better, they allow the user to purchase and download albums.
Or Ototoy, 7digital, Bleep, Newgrounds… Any site that allows me to give my money to the artist and leave me alone with my audio files do do whatever I want is good for me.
Unfamiliar with all of those. Will add to my list of sources. Thanks.
And Apple famously did never kiss trumps ass
And Apple famously did never kiss trumps ass
Tim Apple famously kissing Trumps ass:
During a carefully choreographed White House visit this week, Apple CEO Tim Cook gave Donald Trump a bespoke plaque made of Gorilla Glass and mounted on a 24-karat gold base, but the real value may have been what Apple took home.
The gift, custom-designed by a former U.S. Marine turned Apple employee, featured a large circular slab of Corning-made Gorilla Glass with a hollowed Apple logo at its center. Trump’s name was etched near the top, while “Made in USA – 2025” was engraved at the base alongside Cook’s signature. The disc sat atop a solid gold base sourced from Utah, and even the packaging was produced domestically.
Didn’t their CEO give him a million dollars?
edit: Yeah, he did. here it is
Eh, fair point I guess, though it does mean that they get less money from me than a person subscribing to Apple Music.
Its not for everyone, if you like what you like and rarely step outside of your repertoire its essentially pissing money up the wall.
On another note Spotube 6 beta is out now and supports ListenBrainz as a library/recommendation backend
