Bandcamp or qobuz. They actually pay the artists a lot better. Especially bandcampfridays
I’ve used Qobuz for a long time, and it’s been great.
I am really liking Qobuz
Not Spotify, but I’ve just been using YT Music FOSS alternatives for a while + offline music from CDs I own.
With my headphones, I can’t tell the difference between a lossless FLAC and audio from YTM, so it’s not an issue for me.
🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️
My conscience has never been more free
Yeah, but are the artists getting paid?
The artists weren’t getting paid when you were using Spotify. The shareholders were.
If you want artists to get paid, you have to buy direct or support them indirectly via merch/tickets/buying streams, etc.
Yeah I do, that’s what I’m saying
Gotcha. Thank you for clarifying.
The ones I really like I will still buy something from. The others I don’t listen to enough for them to even make $1 from streaming anyway.
I use the money to go to concerts and buy merch!
I moved to Qobuz where I am slowly buying my music to fill in my Navidrome server which is my main driver. They support and pay artists substantially more.
I’d do the same, yet Qobuz is not available in my country, despite being in EU…
Qobuz bruv. Pays artists more and has easy peasy playlist migration.
I wanted to use it, but a Facebook tracker in the app is a hard no for me.
https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/769361/
I’ve been using Qobuz for the past few months and it’s pretty good. The playlist limitation sucks but they recently made it easier to shuffle tracks marked as favourites. I also find it easier to discover new and indie artists on there. I wish someone would make a TUI player for it an I imagine i’ll eventually just make my own (haven’t looked at their API yet so not sure if it’s possible) but there is a Linux GUI player called QBZ.
There is this one https://github.com/SofusA/qobine
Consider buying and/downloading your favorite tracks to make an offline library. In my case it was totally worth the effort. I get to keep it forever, everything plays instantly and I need no subscription or internet connection. Also I can still pay to stream for a month from time to time.
Bandcamp is good for this. You can stream stuff you bought on there for free through the app if you want to. I download my purchases and add them to my enormous library that I started in the late nineties.
Yeah, that’s where I get about one third of my music. Another third is from Qobuz and the rest is converted from YT or somewhere else. Furthermore, I use MP3Tag and RSGain or Picard to organize the files and set replay gain tags so audio players can play the tracks with normalized volume.
I have tried: Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, You Tube Music, Tidal
I now stick with Tidal. Started by (very rich) artists. They pay musicians 3-4X more than Spotify. Highest sound quality available. Good app and works with smart speakers.
BTW with Soundiiz it is easy to sync you playlists across multiple platforms, so no friction with switching.
Soundiiz nuts
Sorry…
They make you pay if you want to import a playlist more than 1000 songs. that really upset me and prevented me from proceeding with starting a tidal subscription.
I definitely don’t have that problem 😂.
bandcamp is all i need. if an artist only sells music on corporate sites, they’re a sellout and part of the problem
Bandcamp is owned by the biggest music licensing conglomerate in the world, how is that not corporate?
Honestly, some are better than others depending on priorities, but literally anything is a better option than Spotify on most fronts these days.
I love Poweramp for listening to .flacs on android, best 8€ i’ve spent on an app
I’ve used Qobuz for years and have zero complaints.
My biggest thing is discovering new music in line with my broad tastes. Anything do that that well? Then im off.
