Do you have any other good alternative to recommend? Nice quality, not too much tracking, low/fair price, nice recommendation algorithm, has lots of musics…
Apocalypteroid@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I mean, the Spotify CEO invests in AI weaponry being used to murder kids in Gaza so the morally correct thing to do would be to leave Spotify over that.
Electricd@lemmybefree.net 6 days ago
dynamoMaus@feddit.org 6 days ago
I am trying the following services the next few months: Tidal, deezer, qobuz and pirating
raglan@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I’ve been on tidal for a few months now. It’s not as feature rich as far as integrations and sharing a link to a track for your pals is hit or miss but it seems to have all the music i listen to and sounds a little better than spotify for the artists that upload max quality.
I did the import from spotify using their suggested vendor and only like 20 out of 8000 or so songs didn’t transfer because they didn’t have the artist on tidal.
Electricd@lemmybefree.net 6 days ago
keep me updated!
rmuk@feddit.uk 6 days ago
I heartily recommend the last two.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
yt-dlp --extract-audio --audio-quality 3 --audio-format oggElectricd@lemmybefree.net 6 days ago
Fails sometimes, I’ve had issues downloading many musics, and it doesn’t have recommendations and stuff
megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 days ago
You can probably get a pirate hat online for a few bucks. And there are plenty of discoverability systems not based on integration with a subscription service.
Electricd@lemmybefree.net 6 days ago
I’d love something nicely automated
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Apocalypteroid@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Unfortunately most of the major players are involved in some sort of evilness as far as I am aware. Spotify/Google/Apple are all pretty unethical companies. Personally, I have made the decision to cut out the middle man and sail the seven seas while also supporting the artists I like by being a vinyl wanker and going to gigs.
As for streaming services (I am very happy to be corrected here because I am not certain) AFAIK both tidal and qobuz are good alternatives. Qobuz is based in France so your data will be safer but Tidal is a bit cheaper.
davidagain@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Soundcloud lets you play any song you want at any time, even on the free tier, and when you ask it to play a playlist, it only plays songs on the playlist.
You can have recommendations from an algorithm if you choose, but it’s encouraged rather than enforced.
There are a lot more independent artists on it, and fewer big labels, or at least it feels that way because it doesn’t seem to prioritise big labels over some person I’ve never heard of.
Spotify has an annoy-users-until-they-pay model. Soundcloud just has ads.
Electricd@lemmybefree.net 6 days ago
I like the random recommendations from time to time
I’m a bit afraid that their algorithm is shit
to be fair at this point I’m mostly on youtube music because it allows playing youtube videos as well, which sometimes is the only way of playing some musics
davidagain@lemmy.world 6 days ago
YouTube music won’t play in the background though, so it’s a pain whilst driving and navigating traffic or routes. Some of my friends make playlists on there and share them, so I do use it sometimes.
But absolutely use the service that brings you joy, not the ones that I prefer!
c0dezer0@programming.dev 6 days ago
Source for this?
ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
Not the one who mentioned it but I was curious about this as well and found this;
Spotify boycott: Artists leave ‘garbage hole’ platform after CEO invests in AI weapons.
Spotify CEO investments $700m in AI drone weapons company, as artists call for boycott.
haloduder@thelemmy.club 6 days ago
Wow, $700m!? So this is why spotify is priced the way that it is!
Useful idiots kept telling me it’s so they can keep the lights on and put their kids through college, lmao.