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A guide for change (i.redd.it)
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[โ€“] 75 points 8 months ago* (4 children)

The companies below have proven to be reputable and worth supporting.

Spotify

Pays artists $0.0003 per play

Shows ICE ads

Says something about see deep dive for disclaimer, but I donโ€™t see a link in the post body. But interested to see whatโ€™s on there.

Edit: found the link

Warning

They pay significantly less royalties, promote AI music, and platform podcasters who spread misinformation - context: https://t.ly/spotify-history. They do offer a superior service, but some people choose not to support them for these reasons.

Yeah so, that doesnโ€™t align with โ€œreputableโ€ and โ€œworth supportingโ€.

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Unless someone ruins tidal by commenting below, I love tidal.

    They pay their artists more

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  • [โ€“] 18 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Tidal is great, and their "share with anyone" feature is just flat out 12/10, but I recently moved to Qobuz (French) because they pay the artists around 4 times more than Tidal does. And they're European.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 8 months ago

    I appreciate the share with anyone feature as well. I have a few friendships that are largely based on testing cool songs back and forth. This way the only inconvenience is me getting inbound Spotify links.

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  • [โ€“] 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    You aren't wrong. I went back and forth on whether to include them. The reality is that everyone knows Spotify and far better to educate people on why NOT to support them (hence being red and with a disclaimer).

    Link for ease of reference for others. https://purchasewithpurpose.eu/software/D5JUoM1dZysf7JJgTAWXy/

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Oh, how I WISH Qobuz gets the same excellent feature as Tidal has - when you share a link to an artist/album/track from Tidal, and someone else clicks it, two things can happen:

    1. If they have Tidal, it will just open the artist/album/track in the app.
    2. If they don't have Tidal, it will open a Tidal-hosted page with links to the shared content on YouTube, Apple Music, Spotify, and a couple of other streaming services.

    It just magically solves all the issues with people not wanting to switch because they like sharing their music.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I also found Tidal had the edge in user experience. I'm wondering how Deezer competes, as that is the next one for me to try.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    People increasingly want their voices heard and are taking action by choosing the companies they support.

    These can be due to privacy concerns, environmental reasons, boycotting US companies, or other causes.

    Doesnโ€™t the premise imply that Spotify should be in the left column instead then?

    The service being โ€œsuperiorโ€ or convenient is counter to the argument.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    Personally, I would have them on the left column, but there is a general divide in the EU community on whether they should still be encouraged as a "lesser of two evils". As a compromise, I have left them in with a huge disclaimer. https://purchasewithpurpose.eu/software/D5JUoM1dZysf7JJgTAWXy/

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