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Hmm, I would say quit if the defense company will be US but its German. Do not be naive, we need european defense. See what is doing ruSSia. We cannot defense it with stars and rainbows.
German the country who always side with genocides and apartheids
From the shitty artist compensation, to the AI content, to their exclusive deals with Joe Rogan you need another reason to stop using Spotify???
Don't forget their donation to Trump's campaign!
I used Spotify premium apk for near a decade. They shut down the modded apks so I stopped using them. Not a terrible service honestly, given I didn't pay them a dime.
Either buy the albums from the musicians or pirate that shit and just pay to see them in concert. Fuck all these companies.
Pirate it, and send $10 to the band.
Pirate it, and send $10 to the band.
Most members of The Band are dead now though.
In that case, send nothing, since they only ones still profiting are the greedy Labels keeping the music from becoming public IP anyway
I pirate things to see if I like them, and if I like them, I buy the CD and a t-shirt or something from the musician's website.
Yes, Spotify is not an ethical company. However, I would argue that Europe achieving defense independence from the US military industrial complex is a good thing. Germany is just two doors down from Russia.
Kind reminder that no streaming platform is very good on the ethical front. There are no ethical alternatives because the root of the problem is the legal strangle hold labels and record companies keep on artists and commercial music distribution.
Tidal puts artists first, and pretty awesome.
Can't promise that's how they are forever, but that's how they are today.
They didn't leave already when they gave millions to bag of human shit Joe Rogan?
Anyone want to poke fun at me for thrifting physical media now?
That’s still not good for the artists though since they don’t see a cent from that.
https://infosec.pub/comment/17208208
It feels weird defending Spotify as I have always disliked them and preferred YTM
Ukrainians are actually reporting the drones to be vastly overpriced compared to similar Ukrainian drones.
Otherwise there is quite a few indications of corruption and it wouldn't be surprising if Helsing will become the next Wirecard, as Germany once again follows the fever dream of some billions-worth start-up without following up on what it actually can and cannot do.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't they expensive simply because of startup model and having to pay off R&D? Meaning they should normalize over time.
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Is there another music streaming service around, so I can leave? I use it damn near everyday and the accessibility is what I crave.
I switched to Tidal a couple years ago and I'm happy enough with it. It's cheaper than the comparable membership tier I was paying for with Spotify. The higher fidelity streaming is nice and supposedly it pays artists the most over any other steaming service. Their recommendation algorithm doesn't index so heavily on your favorite tracks like Spotify's does, so I'm discovering new music a lot more.
The UX isn't quite as smooth as Spotify's. I can't cast from the browser app and it doesn't remember what I'm listening to between devices. When I first switched there were a lot more bugs but I haven't noticed as many over the last year.
After Tidal inevitably succumbs to corporate rot, I'll be switching to owning my own collection and self-hosting. But until then, I'm happy with Tidal.
Tidal is owned by Square (the mobile payment app/company), and I think Jack Dorsey (Twitter founder) owns that. So, probably safe to say it's already pretty corporate.
Convinced the wife to drop Spotify for Tidal with this shit.
Fucking hell, find out here it's owned by Dorsey. Just doing the trial for now, so may give quboz or however it's spelled too.
Are there any alternatives that aren’t associated with a tech giant?
Spotdl is a command line program that is easy to use, you just need to feed it the playlist link and it will download all the songs off YouTube.
You can then self host with azuracast or airsonic. Azuracast is what I use but it makes it into a radio station more or less, sonic I think is more of a spotify clone. There are a few other options.
The subscription fee can then be used to support your favorite small time artists through other means, without the middle man.
Seriously, just torrent your music, downloading songs off YouTube sounds like an awful idea, automated or not.