Comment on Spotify playing ads for paid subscribers

whaleross@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• uuj8za@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Just recently signed up for Qobuz. I’m planning on purchasing albums as I go along so at least I’m left with something the day I decide to quit.

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  • cenotaph@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Fun fact, there are tools to rip FLAC files of music you stream on qobuz so you can build up your music hoard

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    • panda_abyss@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I would prefer they just make their apps good.

      But it’s kind of bizarre that daily/weekly playlists are only in app.

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      • P1nkman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        And the radio function! They really should update their UI.

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      • cenotaph@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I respect that, I personally prefer to prepare for the inevitable rugpull that ever software as a service company does

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  • just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Worst mobile app on the planet with SO many bugs, but dammit if they aren’t a clean platform otherwise.

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• pieberry@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Deezer was playing ICE recruitment ads last year. I think it’s important for people to know so they can make a more informed decision.

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• FatVegan@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I’m using Tidal, but i can’t say i really like it. They seem to randomly decide what songs and artists are not available, and their search function is really bad.

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  • binarytobis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I used Tidal for a few months, then found out it had silently removed ~10% of my music from my “liked” list. Completely unacceptable. They should at least keep a list of titles so I can go back and fix it. People say all services do this, but I’ve been keeping an eye on it and Spotify hasn’t done it since I hopped back.

    Qobuz was painful to use and new music discovery was hopeless. No idea if they were removing tracks too.

    Bandcamp seems cool, but I prefer to listen to music via song-based-radios, so that’s a no go.

    Not sure what I’ll do if I have to drop Spotify again over ads.

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  • whaleross@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That’s not up to the streaming service but the record company.

    Personally I switched from Tidal to Qobuz this year and I like it much better.

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    • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      That’s not up to the streaming service but the record company.

      That doesn’t really matter for the end user as they’re in a relationship with the streamer not the record companies. I hate this drive to obfuscate responsibility in corporate America.

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      • whaleross@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Dude, you are the one obfuscating.

        Qobuz and Deezer are French, Tidal was originally Norwegian, Spotify was originally Swedish and record companies are from all over the world.

        If record companies make exclusive deals with platforms for some releases and pull distribution for others, then blaming the streaming services excluded is just plain fucking stupid.

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• Custard@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Nicotine+, qmmp

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