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A guide to switching your Music Streaming provider to support more ethical and European-based companies! (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

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[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 1 points 1 year ago

Spotify are not a “big tech incumbent”?

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What? They absolutely are lmfao, they absolutely dominate the industry in casual music listeners.

Oh I see what you meant... 🤦‍♂️

[-] SatyrSack@feddit.org -1 points 1 year ago

Definitely not FAANG or MANGA or whatever we're calling it now.

[-] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Qobuz also sells DRM free files in both high resolution and lossy file formats. https://help.qobuz.com/en/articles/10167-what-are-the-different-audio-formats-available-for-download

[-] cazzmaniandevil@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Bandcamp is US owned, but still worth mentioning I think because of their commitment to high revenue sharing, about 80-82% goes directly to the artists. They have custom playlists, and offer high quality formats as well.

If the goal is a quality product and an ethical approach to supporting artists I'm not dead set on only using European alternatives

[-] sykael@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

They also have Bandcamp Fridays, where 100% of the revenues go to the artist. Personally I always wait till those days to buy music on there

[-] person1@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Qobuz is unavailable in Poland. So much for being European.

[-] MigratingApe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago

Additionally, Spotify highest quality, while not perfect for nitpickers, is actually totally fine and good enough for 99% of audio equipment used by consumers. If you play your FLACs through wireless headphones… oh boy you have some learning to do.

[-] Phoenix3875@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

For Quboz, there's also an option to buy albums or single tracks. You can just download the DRM-free high-res audio files.

[-] person1@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

who gives a fuck if they dont sell in EU

[-] yigruzeltil@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

who gives a fuck if they dont sell in EU

They sell in some countries of the EU, but yeah, they don't serve the entire EU.

[-] person1@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago

then i submit they dont belong in this thread

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