Comment on After announcing increased prices, Spotify to Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less Next Year

• can@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Well better than Spotify is a real low bar. I’m on an apple music family plan and I like it but if I weren’t I’d probably get tidal. And they actually dropped the épicé of their high quality tier.

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  • slaacaa@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I got a few months of Apple Music with some device, was happy to ditch Spotify. Not very good, preferred Spotify’s UI and logic, but still a better alternative, and at least not pushing podcasts in my face (which I have zero interest in). I will never use Spotify again

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    • can@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s another big one to me too. I opened Spotify recently and you can plainly see the music is no longer the focus.

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  • applepie@kbin.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And they actually dropped the price of their high quality tier.

    This is what we call competition, kids... i know most people don't understand the concept but it is supposed to make consumer make a change by providing a good deal.

    This is the opposite we see nowadays, where they fuck you and say it is fine because "reasons"

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    • can@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Here’s a link with more info

      Tidal will no longer keep its high-res, lossless and spatial audio content locked behind a £20/$20-per-month “HiFi Plus” subscription. Instead, it is now moved into a single individual user plan, costing a lower-cost, Spotify-matching £11/$11 per month.

      Previously, users paid that price for CD-quality FLAC files, but needed to opt for the pricier plan to unlock 24-bit/192kHz tracks and Dolby Atmos content.

      That’s now all changed as of 10th April, which saw the new £11/$11 per month plan implemented.

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  • ThirdWorldOrder@feddit.nl ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I used Tidal for a year but went back to Apple Music. I don’t understand what people like about Tidal that Apple Music doesn’t offer.

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    • can@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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      They pay the artist more. And I like how they handle interacting with collaborative works.

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      • ThirdWorldOrder@feddit.nl ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It’s really 3 peanuts instead of 4. Streaming just doesn’t provide a lot of money for artists.

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• towerful@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m enjoying Tidal

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