Money > all.
He took a principled stance when he left Spotify too, after they paid hundreds of millions for Joe Rogan’s podcast.
the_q@lemmy.zip 19 hours ago
He took a principled stance when he left Spotify too, after they paid hundreds of millions for Joe Rogan’s podcast.
Money > all.
ArgentRaven@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
I’m pretty sure his label put his stuff back on there, despite his wishes. I seen to remember a need article at the time describing his reaction as “disappointed”. Not all of his stuff is back on there, but I guess the stuff he didn’t have full control over is.
Personally, I don’t listen to Joe Rogan, but I do listen to Neil Young. And Spotify is the way I typically listen to anything since they killed the SD Card on most mobile phones. So it hurt me, and I assume it hurts anyone who would want to listen to both and only gets the option of Joe Rogan. So I think having access to media is better, but I’m not the artist and I get taking a moral stance.
floofloof@lemmy.ca 18 hours ago
I think the aim is to get people to switch to a more ethical streaming service, if they want to stream music. Spotify isn’t the only option.
Serinus@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
If you’re into self hosting (or have a friend who is), I’ve found Navidrome (music hosting) and Substeamer app to be great open source alternatives.
sean_lemmy@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
Substreamer appears to be free but not open source
takenaps@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Yo fyi I recently dropped spotify for Tidal & loving it
ArgentRaven@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
I tried tidal any two years ago and they had even less of what I listen to than Spotify. But maybe I should check in again and see what’s different, because morning stays the same for long.
Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf 6 hours ago
If you don’t want to support an American company, you could also try Qobuz.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
Yeah check again. It’s pretty comprehensive now and it has not yet been littered with AI songs. Only issue I have is sometimes songs in my Playlist will no longer be licensed with them and can’t play anymore which is frustrating but rare. Aufio quality is better than Spotify.