From the shitty artist compensation, to the AI content, to their exclusive deals with Joe Rogan you need another reason to stop using Spotify???
this post was submitted on 31 Jul 2025
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Spotify boycott: Artists leave ‘garbage hole’ platform after CEO invests in AI weapons
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Don't forget their donation to Trump's campaign!
I used Spotify premium apk for near a decade. They shut down the modded apks so I stopped using them. Not a terrible service honestly, given I didn't pay them a dime.
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Either buy the albums from the musicians or pirate that shit and just pay to see them in concert. Fuck all these companies.
Pirate it, and send $10 to the band.
Pirate it, and send $10 to the band.
Most members of The Band are dead now though.
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I pirate things to see if I like them, and if I like them, I buy the CD and a t-shirt or something from the musician's website.
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Paying for music - in a world where the artist gets almost nothing and it's all wasted on middle-men- is unethical. Music is art and even without the industry there would still be making music for free. Pirate your favorite and donate the money to a local good cause
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Yes, Spotify is not an ethical company. However, I would argue that Europe achieving defense independence from the US military industrial complex is a good thing. Germany is just two doors down from Russia.
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Kind reminder that no streaming platform is very good on the ethical front. There are no ethical alternatives because the root of the problem is the legal strangle hold labels and record companies keep on artists and commercial music distribution.
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Tomorrow is Bandcamp friday people.
In case anyone isn't aware, this means that Bandcamp won't take their usual cut, so the artist gets more money from each sale. It's this Friday only.
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They didn't leave already when they gave millions to bag of human shit Joe Rogan?
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Bandcamp waives their share on Bandcamp Fridays
August 1th
September 5th
October 3rd
December 5th
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Is there another music streaming service around, so I can leave? I use it damn near everyday and the accessibility is what I crave.
I switched to Tidal a couple years ago and I'm happy enough with it. It's cheaper than the comparable membership tier I was paying for with Spotify. The higher fidelity streaming is nice and supposedly it pays artists the most over any other steaming service. Their recommendation algorithm doesn't index so heavily on your favorite tracks like Spotify's does, so I'm discovering new music a lot more.
The UX isn't quite as smooth as Spotify's. I can't cast from the browser app and it doesn't remember what I'm listening to between devices. When I first switched there were a lot more bugs but I haven't noticed as many over the last year.
After Tidal inevitably succumbs to corporate rot, I'll be switching to owning my own collection and self-hosting. But until then, I'm happy with Tidal.
Tidal is owned by Square (the mobile payment app/company), and I think Jack Dorsey (Twitter founder) owns that. So, probably safe to say it's already pretty corporate.
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Have you tried Qobuz? It's french.
I use Qobuz and I like it.
I jumped on Qobuz from a lemmy thread. Really happy with it. The artist selection is pretty broad and the Playlist are decent. But honestly, I haven't disliked anyone from the recommended home page which says a lot. I was on yt music before and it would always loop the same five artists no matter what radio station I started. It was really weird.
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https://infosec.pub/comment/17208208
It feels weird defending Spotify as I have always disliked them and preferred YTM
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Convinced the wife to drop Spotify for Tidal with this shit.
Fucking hell, find out here it's owned by Dorsey. Just doing the trial for now, so may give quboz or however it's spelled too.
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Are there any alternatives that aren’t associated with a tech giant?
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Spotdl is a command line program that is easy to use, you just need to feed it the playlist link and it will download all the songs off YouTube.
You can then self host with azuracast or airsonic. Azuracast is what I use but it makes it into a radio station more or less, sonic I think is more of a spotify clone. There are a few other options.
The subscription fee can then be used to support your favorite small time artists through other means, without the middle man.
Seriously, just torrent your music, downloading songs off YouTube sounds like an awful idea, automated or not.
From my understanding, it's a bit of a bother downloading less popular music through torrents. You need a private tracker I think. For big names though, definitely the way to go.
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I'm not subscribed anymore, but as someone who uses the desktop client mainly it's hard to find a good alternative (good UI, snappy)
Deezer and Qobuz are meh.
I won't use Apple or Amazon. edit: or Google.
Maybe Tidal? Are there other ones?
I just found a third party player for Qobuz though. Not enough features but cute:
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I left Spotify when they tried to force tiktok ui update out of nowhere and I wasn't even paying for it
Would love to see a bandcamp revisit. Not as popular as Spotify but at least sales go to artists now. edit: wasn't aware about the union busting. kinda sucks there are no good alternatives.
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I could never get on board with spending money to stream music. There are a TON of radio stations, free streaming services, small independent artist collectives, and more hours of live free music than I could probably listen to in a lifetime.
I am the weirdo though, I get it. I VASTLY prefer live music over studio work.
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