I switched to tidal from Spotify last year and am very happy. It just does music - no audio books, videos, podcasts - but to my mind that's a feature. Music quality is far far better. The algorithm for recommendations I think is good.
I found streaming on the move less reliable until I dropped the audio quality and now it's solid.
100% they've started gaming the algorithm to reduce artist payouts. Ambient music is rife with ai generated tracks taking negotiated rates, other genres will surely follow.
http://web.archive.org/web/20241221144306/https://harpers.org/archive/2025/01/the-ghosts-in-the-machine-liz-pelly-spotify-musicians/