• Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works
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      3 months ago

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

      Oh I see what you meant… 🤦‍♂️

  • HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I can also recommend soundiiz for transferring between them (its in that useful resources note in bottom right corner). I paid $5 for 1 month but was a few years ago

    • jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
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      3 months ago

      Qobuz includes a soundiiz subscription to allow you to transfer your playlists and favourites from other services.

    • MigratingApe@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 months 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.

  • UndergroundGoblin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 months ago

    I switched to Qobuz today. I used to use Tidal becaus I wanted to be able to get the best possible quality from a streaming service, and I wasn’t happy with the way Spotify pays the artists. But after Trump got elected and turned the world upside down, I kicked every US services out of my portfolio.

    Qobuz feels quiet clunky, and the desktop application lacks some basic functionalitys, but overall I think it’s a good alternative.

  • rooroo@feddit.org
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    3 months ago

    Honestly another circle with “pays artists less shit than others” or “pays small artists at least partially” would be good. Fuck Spotify.

  • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    Listing yt music first?

    I don’t know anyone irl that uses it, Spotify and Apple Music are definitely larger

  • unsettlinglymoist@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I really wanted to like Qobuz but the recommendations are terrible. Like I’d be listening to deep house and it would suggest Johnny Cash.

      • slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.orgEnglish
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        3 months ago

        I was never a fan of a computer telling me what i might like. But i’m listening to music for 6 to 10 hours every single day for decades now. I can’t contain my music knowledge anymore, and to not get bored i need some: if youblike this you might like that. But also they are very wrong 99% of the time. But i still crave that 1% that is a banger and might have never found.

        • towerful@programming.dev
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          3 months ago

          Discovering a new artist or album is great.
          Tidals personalised daily discovery and weekly new releases are fantastic for this, much better than anything I can remember on spotify. Their “mixes for you” are also decent.
          I haven’t tried qobuz yet

    • UndergroundGoblin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 months ago

      True. I think Qobuz is only good for people who already know what they want to listen to or are willing to wade through public playlists. Don’t expect to to get recommendations like Spotify or Tidal does…

  • Phoenix3875@lemmy.world
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    3 months 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.

  • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I’m sorry but I’ve downloaded Symphony and have abandoned music streaming altogether.

    • Gibibit@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Yeah idk how someone can make that mistake. Its listed on their about page and Wikipedia.

    • chuso@fedia.io
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      3 months ago

      And Deezer is French. Both are listed outside the non-US owned circle but marked as options to boycott the US. The chart is wrong.

  • Gibibit@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    For some reason listed all the way in the corner, I used to love Bandcamp but they are US based sadly. Always thought of them as the good guys but they are owned by Epic now so who cares. The French Qobuz should be a good alternative for buying DRM free albums, haven’t tried them yet though.

    People give Spotify shit for paying artists awfully, does anyone know if this is better for Qobuz? I feel like revenue is always going to turn out bad when you’re not buying any albums. €15 per month for 2x access is just not that much over a few hundred listens.

    Also like someone pointed out Soundcloud is German. Worth mentioning again. This doesn’t seem like a very carefully curated list, so I expect there to be a lot more options.