• @Infernal_pizza
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    5 months ago

    I might get a bit of hate for this considering the community name, but Spotify is the one subscription I pay for and don’t feel like I’m getting ripped off. Basically every song I want is on there, they very rarely remove content, and the algorithm actually comes up with decent recommendations. I even like some of the other random features like Spotify wrapped.

    But the main difference I see vs other subscriptions is that I don’t feel locked in, since there are no Spotify originals etc if they ever make the service too shit (which admittedly they might since they keep raising the price and trying to shove podcasts down everyone’s throat) I could easily switch to a different streaming service or even go back to just buying music outright

    • @Brocon
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      105 months ago

      I’m with you on that one. Yeah they are not great. But there are far worse companys.

    • @MostRegularPeople
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      95 months ago

      I have Tidal. It costs the same as Spotify but pays artists more and actively promotes up and coming musicians. Also they aren’t part of the military industrial complex, so that’s cool.

      • bitwolf
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        35 months ago

        Same, Tidal also has better sound quality and a shuffle that actually works

    • @Specal
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      65 months ago

      I like Spotify, and when I want to support and artist I buy their merch, or I go see them live (the amount of money they get from ticket sales depends on if it’s a live nation event or not).

    • @[email protected]
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      65 months ago

      I used to like Spotify. Right now YT music feels just way better. No fluff yet, just music. Plus all of the unofficial covers which are on YT are on YT music

      • ඞmir
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        5 months ago

        YT music does have a problem with reuploaders stealing revenue through “topics”, Upper Echelon made a video about it a few weeks ago

      • @[email protected]
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        15 months ago

        That’s definitely the nice thing about YT music for me. Whatever random niche songs my son wants about games or characters, or ordinary popular music any of us listen to, are always on there. Plus we use regular YT all the time on several devices, so it is literally the only streaming service I pay for.

    • @thevoidzero
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      25 months ago

      I don’t feel locked in, since there are no Spotify originals etc

      I don’t use Spotify so correct me if I’m wrong. But I think Spotify has podcasts that are only available there.

      I told my wife about other open source apps that have music without ads, and even though it had the music, there were some podcasts that were not available without Spotify premium outside of Spotify.

      • @Infernal_pizza
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        35 months ago

        You’re probably right there, I don’t listen to podcasts so I was just talking about the music

    • @[email protected]
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      25 months ago

      I just started using Spotify for the first time last year, mainly because I got tired of trying to figure out what this meat paste wanted to listen to

      YT is great when you know what you want to hear, but it’s garbage at (music) recommendations (I haven’t tried YT music)

      Spoofie isn’t the best, but for right now, it’s worth the price just so I can actually get back to work, and not fiddle with YT for 3 hours looking for music this meat paste wants right now

      Although, I’m open to alternatives, if they’re viable