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There are plenty of controversies surrounding Spotify, but what really made me cancel my subscription was the fact that they ran recruitment ads for ICE. Boycott Spotify!
Forgot already that they gave Trump money when he started being president?
Got it. I'll continue to not use Spotify.
Music streaming is amazing. I love it. It's so much easier to find new music.
That being said, best way to support the artists is to go to their shows, and buy their merch. Specifically, buy the album. There is no guarantee it will still be available for streaming forever, so best to have a physical copy and rip it to mp3 for archiving and digital use
Tidal pays artists 4X more per stream than Spotify.
Apple Music 2X more.
Spotify is the biggest problem with artists making no money.
Switched to Deezer(has an anti AI policy) a year ago and never looked back.
I went to tidal (which I know is only marginally better than spotify). They at least label and demonetize AI slop. But I'm still feeling like I should switch soon, I just wish qoobuz had more.
Deezer is actually really good IMO. Been with them for years, good service, little fiddly to download playlists for offline use on an mp3 player but not too bad.
Already stopped using for platforming and paying millions to Joe Rogan
Or why better curate your own MP3/FLAC collection.
I stopped using even their free service when they kept giving a platform to anti-vax dipshit podcasters during covid
Sorry, but there's just no way I can boycott Spotify over this...
Because I've already been boycotting them since 2019 for not paying artists enough.
The founder openly stating he was in it for the ads not musicians wasnt enough?
(Quite early on into the company btw)
I wasn't really paying attention to anything about Spotify until recently. My bad. I'm trying to get better about researching where my money goes.
I dont see anyone recommending any decent free options. To my knowledge tidal and qobuz are paid services. I usually use Pandora but it kills my battery hard.
I'm sure that this will be the thing that convinces stubborn Spotify users to finally switch after they've ignored the last 481 controversies that Spotify has racked up.
Not everyone is aware of the controversies. Until recently I was one of them. I'm hoping this post will reach them and encourage them to join the boycott.
I don't think I can boycott them any harder.
Way ahead of you, I have never used Spotify, I don't like the concept of music streaming