For those who still want a streaming service: I switched from Spotify to Qobuz, no complaints.
Just make sure to set up your Qobuz before you delete your Spotify, as you can export your playlists. I messed up on that part.
They lack Linux app, though, innit? Heard of 'em, pondered, researched… also, I’m on a family plan, and it’s not up to me to handle that. So I’d probably have to pay for it meself, separately, adding overall family costs (and increasing mine, to no effect of others). Unless I get everyone to switch, and that might be hard
Yeah, no Linux app, and no third party apps as far as I’m aware. I really liked the GTK app Spot. But for me, Spotify was no longer an option - I deleted my Spotify account before I found an alternative.
Why was Spotify no longer an option? Was it, y’know… Or was it something else?
There’s several issues, but for me it was:
- Supporting questionable podcasters like Gwyneth Paltrow and Joe Rogan - I do not want my money to go to these people
- Not supporting the artists I actually listen to
- Lobbying the EU against AI regulation, which goes directly against my opinions and preferences, again not something I want my money to be spent on
All of this new stuff is bad, but I already decided that this was not a company I want to support. They seem to represent everything I hate.
Oh, so the overall stuff. All the usual reasons. Or at least the ones I would think of. Paying bucks to make a free format “proprietary” while not paying shit to artists.
Yeah, I’m not all that original. :)
Forgot to mention their efforts to ruin podcasts for everyone. I refuse to listen though anything else than independent podcast clients.
I’ve tried a couple of other streaming services, but I keep coming back to Spotify for the Discover Weekly playlist. I’ve found so much news music I love through that.
The equivalent on Tidal and YouTube Music just don’t quite do it for me. Tidal’s changes daily, so I don’t get through it, and didn’t really give me much variety, and YouTube’s changes every time you open the app. Also, one of the first tracks it recommended was Bad Bad Leroy Brown, as if everyone on the planet hasn’t already heard that. :D
How’s Qobuz for something like that?
Not good at all. But they have cool write ups about artists/labels/genres that are pretty great.
Yeah, they don’t do much in terms of tracking your listening habits and suggesting playlists based on similar users (which I personally did not enjoy much on Spotify, for me it always repeated itself and rarely hit the spot), but they have some great curated playlists and editorial material. :)
Have you heard of ListenBrainz? I dunno how it be with Qobuz, haven’t used Qobuz (yet…), but ListenBrainz could potentially track that for you and serve as your platform-independent statistics and recommendation algorithm (at least with Spotify, it is able to connect directly to your account. Dunno of any specific Qobuz integration, but there may be apps to track listens externally from any particular service)
welp time to download their stuff now
The best band in the world. Just ask Pitchfork from 20 years ago.
