I currently have Spotify, mainly because I signed up a while ago and never really bothered to explore alternatives.

I pay €13 every month these days which I feel is quite a lot. I was already thinking of getting a few friends together and sharing a family plan, which would make it cheaper. But if I’m doing that I might as well take a proper look at my options.

What are some good, hopefully ethical, European alternatives? I know Spotify is from Sweden so good in that regard (?). Deezer is French, but also mostly owned by some American investment firm. If I can believe what I read they pay artist a bit more, which sounds like a good thing, but I don’t want my money to mostly go to American investors…

Any advice is highly appreciated!

  • Brownie@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    10 days ago

    I switched Spotify for Qobuz at first, but in the end I realized that I don’t want a streaming platform like this at all. So now I listen to online radio (mostly to Radio Paradise) through Shortwave on desktop, and RadioDroid on phone. I also started self hosting Navidrome, and whenever I like something from the radio, I download the album through SoulSeek.

    I get it’s a lot of tools/apps, but it became so much more fun to me! Spotify was kinda just soulless to me at some point, and I noticed not really caring for the actual music…