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Spotify has raised prices for the second time in a year, with no new benefits, after its CEO sparked outrage by claiming the cost of creating 'content' is 'close to zero' (www.techradar.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (4 children)

So is there an alternative that’s comparable? I am done with their price increases.

I assume Apple Music?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

I got grandfathered into YouTube Music since I was using Google Music when it got shut down. While not as good as Google Music, YT Music works well for me and has been building playlists suited to what I want to listen to. Plus, some lesser known local artists that only have their music on YouTube as video uploads will still show up on YouTube Music. I haven't really tried any other serious streaming platforms, and only YT Music and Spotify natively sync to my car with maps.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/tech/best-music-streaming-service-subscription

Not really. They all cost about the same amount. In that article is right around $11 across the board.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I got Tidal since I read they pay artists a bigger share per track played.

I like it's hight quality audio but don't like it's suggestions much. I did discover a few good songs but mostly I build my own playlist. To discover music I prefer to start playlist based on a song I like rather than their suggestions but it's not perfect.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I got Tidal since I read they pay artists a bigger share per track played.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDfNRWsMRsU

Not a significant amount and they, along with all streaming services, have massively cut artist payouts in recent years. There aren't really any good platforms for artists. Only labels get any amount of meaningful money.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

There aren’t really any good platforms for artists.

There's bandcamp, but it's not really a streaming platform per se.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://www.piped.video/watch?v=gDfNRWsMRsU

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I am an audiophile with thousands worth of gear. As far as streaming services go, I find Apple to offer the best bang for the buck. The second best would be probably YouTube. Tidal was unique years ago with hires lossless but that’s not uncommon anymore. Apple offers it as standard. Apple and YouTube also offer music videos which is a nice perk.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Depends on if you care about making set playlists. That's the feature that generally costs more - Pandora is like $5 a month without that option, and $11 with it. I only listen in the car and don't care about picking exactly what songs are on my stations, so I have the cheaper one, but for other people, that wouldn't cut it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I have never understood playlists as a 'feature' of these 'services'. If someone wants that, why the hell don't people just download the music and make local playlists? But the entire idea behind playlists has always baffled me - 'yes I want to listen to the same songs in the same order every time I select this' bro you've just made a mixtape from the 80s. And paid for the privilege. Good job.

For me the one and only appeal of any of these 'services' is to take what I currently like, blend like 3% of 'similar songs/artists' that I likely don't know about, and get the hell out of the way otherwise. I've never had a decent experience with 'let's throw random shit at you and pray you like some of it' 'discovery' systems. I don't care what is popular with the masses, I don't care what your 'djs' have 'curated', I don't want to listen to your reinvention of radio, I don't want to listen to someone talk between tracks, I don't want to even be aware of talk show 'radio' oh my christ. Just give me fucking music, that I like, with a hint of weird. I give you my imported data from X prior service, I give you my entire last.fm data, I cannot make it any easier for you to do this. Just, do, it.

deep breathing

Sorry, I went to a place there. After like 20 years you'd think someone would get the formula right.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Counterpoint, I love the Spotify Discover Weekly feature. I’ve found some great gems. As for random playlists, I like to find lists that other people have made based on different genres I may be in the mode to listen to. Finding and downloading songs, to me, is way more inconvenient than using Spotify.