I currently have Spotify, mainly because I signed up a while ago and never really bothered to explore alternatives.

I pay €13 every month these days which I feel is quite a lot. I was already thinking of getting a few friends together and sharing a family plan, which would make it cheaper. But if I’m doing that I might as well take a proper look at my options.

What are some good, hopefully ethical, European alternatives? I know Spotify is from Sweden so good in that regard (?). Deezer is French, but also mostly owned by some American investment firm. If I can believe what I read they pay artist a bit more, which sounds like a good thing, but I don’t want my money to mostly go to American investors…

Any advice is highly appreciated!

  • thesdev@feddit.orgEnglish
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    2 days ago

    At the first glance Qobuz seems to be the obvious answer. I tried it for a couple of months at the start of the year however and couldn’t make the recommendation algorithm work for me. Also some features like lyrics are missing, while others like the magazine are not interesting to me, however they take up almost all of the homepage of the app.

    I have since switched to Deezer (despite the American majority ownership) and it has been a much better experience. I think it’s the right balance.