Spotify just reported record-breaking profits.

Aram Sinnreich

As some of my older mutuals know, I have a long and ambivalent history with Spotify and the streaming music economy.... https://medium.com/@aramsinn/why-i-quit-spotify-after-13-years-and-why-it-feels-like-a-personal-failure-9b73bacd3695

Talya (she/her) 🏳️‍⚧️✡️

@aram
cancel your Spotify subscription and buy some of your artists' music. even if you then forever listen to their music with adblock, you've likely made them more money.

PixDeVl :ratJAM:

@Yuvalne @aram lots of artists don’t sell their music though, they only post them on Youtube Spotify and the like, in that case, which service is the least shitty at paying back artists?

Rae Patterson

@PixDeVl @Yuvalne @aram

Tidal

Matthew Miller

@RaePatterson @PixDeVl @Yuvalne @aram

That's what I have, for that reason, but their Android app sucks and there's no web player and they dropped their Roku app. Ughhhhh.

2xfo

@mattdm @RaePatterson @PixDeVl @Yuvalne @aram
Yeah, I'm using Tidal and i think it lacks some functionality, but it works in my car and on my phone well enough. The LG TV app is pretty awful and i miss the integration with PlayStation that Spotify has, but on the whole i feel like it's worth it to pay artists that i would never discover otherwise.
If price is a concern, Tidal has reduced their rates recently. The family plan i used to pay $30 for with super fidelity tracks available is now about half the price. And there are third party services to migrate your libraries.

Tidal used to pay 3 bucks to whichever artist i listened to the most in a month but i think they may have stopped that.
I still try to buy a shirt or a jacket from my favorites once in a while to throw them some actual money

Matthew Miller

@RnDanger @RaePatterson @PixDeVl @Yuvalne @aram

I buy vinyl I never actually listen to.

Rae Patterson

@mattdm @PixDeVl @Yuvalne @aram

They have a web player (which I use on Linux), and I use their Android app all the time. Even if Spotify's app is better, which is probably is, Tidal's is good enough, for me anyway.

Matthew Miller

@RaePatterson @PixDeVl @Yuvalne @aram

Wait, there's a web player? Where?

The thing the app particularly sucks at is offline listening. The ui for managing downloads is bad, but worse once you go into settings and flip the offline switch, it disables most of the app — even things that could work fine on the library of downloaded content.

Rae Patterson

@mattdm @PixDeVl @Yuvalne @aram

TIDAL - High Fidelity Music Streaming

TIDAL is the first global music streaming service with high fidelity sound, hi-def video quality, along with expertly curated playlists and original content — making it a trusted source for music and culture.

Music on TIDAL (listen.tidal.com)

I agree about the offline listening.

Matthew Miller

@RaePatterson @PixDeVl @Yuvalne @aram

Huh, my password manager knows I've logged in before. Shruggy Emoji.