Recent news revealed that Spotify’s CEO Daniel Ek has been investing heavily in military tech companies, which adds another ethical layer to a platform already criticized for how little it pays musicians !
Spotify only pays artists about $3–5 per 1,000 streams, using a pro-rata model that directs most money toward major stars… By contrast, Qobuz (≈$18–20 per 1,000 streams) and Tidal (≈$12–13) pay far more fairly!
However Tidal is far from ethical. Most of its revenue is controlled by private investors and founders and small artists still earn very little…
More fair-minded platforms like Bandcamp, Resonate, Ampled, or SoundCloud’s fan-powered royalties prioritize musicians over investors.
With these more ethical alternatives available, why do we keep using Spotify?
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Integration is the big one. Spotify is built into nearly every smart device. Phone? Spotify. Smart speakers? Spotify. Alexa spy puck? Spotify. Cars? Spotify. Even my hifi system has built in spotify.
I want to use different services. Right now I’m using Tidal, which is only integrated with my speakers and phone - not my car. Hell, they don’t even make a proper app for my computer.
tux0r@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
TIDAL works well with CarPlay.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Once again, the industrial-consumerist complex has chosen platforms over protocols.
harfang@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Library is very close from a service to another
tux0r@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
All of three are also available on Deezer and TIDAL.