What’s brain-dead radio?
fushuan@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Tidal was originally European but DayZ bought it up so it's technically American now; Qobuz is french but it doesn't have a "brain-dead radio mode". Both have unofficial Linux clients.
Rn I use tidal because it's on the top 3 of the ones that pay the most to artists iirc(quobuz is up there too) and it hasn't had a huge American influence that I know of, but do your own research on the alternatives to see which suits you the most, there are tons of articles about them all.
Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 3 weeks ago
mp3@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
You click on a genre and let it play mindlessly, like when listening to radio.
Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 3 weeks ago
It seems to have an endless radio mode. Am I missing something? https://community.qobuz.com/news-en/l2cyyji08ktj0w94hcfcjbbuyui2dw
RedstoneValley@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Compared to Spotify’s artist/song radio feature, Qobuz attempt at radio is absolutely horrible. They seem to sort everything into a literal handful of genres. The “similarity” seems to stem from song features like “has a singer” and “uses chords”. I switched from Spotify to Qobuz a few months ago, it’s comparable in available content, has much better audio quality but is severely underwhelming for discovering new music.
fushuan@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
I was referring to you having a "daily recommendations" playlist that just keeps going after it finished by appending similar music, or "radio based on playlist" kinda things. Also, Qobuz's recommendations are way too generic, the lists are hand made for everyone which ironically doesn't cater enough to individual tastes.
Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Both have unofficial Linux clients.
Qobuz doesn’t? Image
Sticking with Spotify for now, it supports Linux and has last.fm integration (and is amazing)
SatyrSack@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
unofficial
You appear to be looking at their official website. Services tend to not advertise unofficial clients
Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
yeah shame
www.spotify.com/au/download/linux/
not first class support but close enough i can’t tell the difference
this is where mullvad and spotify are tops to me, no one comes close
fushuan@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
uh, same. https://github.com/Mastermindzh/tidal-hifi
In fact spotify doesn't support arch at all, all there is is user built stuff too. You have a flatpak version of spotify but sod o you of tidal-hifi.
Sorry if I sound rude but your jerking of spotify when it offers the same capabilities of user made stuff rubs me the wrong way.
bluemite@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
github.com/mattipunkt/qobuz-linux This is the unofficial client and it’s pretty good
Lumisal@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They have a web player that’s OS agnostic and can Bluetooth link multiple devices.
But then, you use Spotify so your ethical considerations are pretty loose anyway.
kautau@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Do you mean Jay-Z?
It’s now owned by Square, the same company behind squarecash
I used it for awhile, specifically because while Spotify promised lossless for years, they never delivered. A bonus is, as you said, that it is the platform that has the highest payout for artists.
That being said, when I stopped using it, it was mostly due the UX decisions they had made on the platform to force videos on everything. It’s a music app, and yet, one of the main navigation options in the app was for videos. Spotify also fired their original designer and has focused on “engagement” over actually good UX.