Technology

Wow didn't know that.

I also newly started boycotting them for the same reasons. Plus they don't give enough to the musicians, and support AI music.

Been off Spotify since they have Rogan his platform, which contributed to Trump also.

Highly illegal.

Not to mention giving 100s of millions of dollars to fund Joe Rogan and his extreme right-wing propaganda.

thats when i cancelled as well. this guy seems like such a fucknut

Same, took some legwork to get files for my 700-song library, but we did it. Fuck 'em.

I think one of the most toxic things on Lemmy is the prevalence of judging normies for using incredibly popular services and ascribing it to a character defect instead of life just being too complex for most people to be able to prioritize exploring more ethical technology choices.

Be less lazy

"Damn this sucks, I'm doing the thing"

"Hey you lazy stupid fuck, go back in time and do it sooner"

Why is the Internet like this?

Or because they pay artist way less than any one else, while having lower quality audio.

IIRC Tidal and Qobuz should be good alternatives

Napster, bearshare

Tidal is cheaper and better quality, Deezer is good, too.

If you're technically inclined, self-host navidrome or jellyfin.

If you just want music and don't care about the streaming part, bandcamp (although it does have some basic streaming I believe.

If you want streaming and aren't technically inclined, Tidal.

Funkwhale

Qobuz is great. It's a french company, they pay the artists well and the music is in high quality

Qobuz

I have been using Deezer because it was local for me, France. At the beginning you could upload your own collection to share with others, it was fun. Now it's basically the same as the others, I think it pays artists a little bit more than Spotify. Also just learned that it is now majorly owned by some US investment fund. 🫠 At least it's not directly funding terminators yet?

This is where I'd have recommended deezer, but they shit the bed on their mobile app.

+1 for tidal

You're way to late then too. The perfect time to act on this was back in Iraq with that prince dick head with xi.

Also we all should have taken a harder stance at celebrity using these private security companies. Drake's in Toronto blocking roads so he can get all 16 armored cars on to the 401.

Lots of people really defend the stuff by saying "look how much money they bring to the city, we can ignore it" but at the end of the day, it's growing a new industry. I don't get why we don't call it out more like these fucks need to wait in traffic like the rest of us. I don't care who they are or how much money they make. Roads are a public space and shared by everyone equally.

You're saving an already low-quality stream into a lossy format. Just use Soulseek.