Most people, even the dumb ones, are seeing that there is zero correlation here. If anything, they are literally not even paying the people they consider "waste" right now.
There is simply no sense in any of this. It's just them doing shitty things after doing a thing that was so shitty even the democrats drew a line in the sand. Hell, even MTG is against it... How crazy does your conservative shit have to be for the woman who believes in Jewish space lasers to be like "oh no, that's nuts. Let's not."
I've used Tidal for years now. It's 100% functional. I don't see anything I need on Spotify.
Just make the change, everyone. Not to Tidal necessarily, but away from Spotify. They've had the worst audio quality for YEARS now. Change is scary, but hey, here's a tool to help you migrate:
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