I switched to Tidal when I realised their stream quality was, at the minimum, double Spotify, and cheaper. Then all the controversial shit about Spotty came out and I was just shaking my head disapprovingly from Tidal's porch
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I have got to admit I canned Spotify subs years ago - but how are they managing to grow their subscriber base whn it is now going to be £11.99 in the UK? That is way, way too high for what it offers...
No biggie. I never had subscriptions. I always thought it was a waste of money.
Is there any reasonable option that I can use on a Garmin watch standalone? I like to run without my phone and listen to a podcast and Spotify has been my go to.
Can your watch play mp3s? Most podcasts are available for download that way too.
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fuck Spotify, I only listen to downloaded flac and mp3 music and YouTube
ive been using apple music for years, mainly like how for edm it tends to have highquality recorded live sets for all djs, and they are seperated instead of being one long continuous track, like youll get
- song
- song2/song3
- song4
- song5
- song6/song7/song8 Most convenient way to listen to them and get all the track names.
Well I am happy to have cancelled this shit a few months ago
Cool I can't pay any less than the zero I currently am subscribed at to not use their service
What an awful website. You either sell your soul or you throw away your money. No thanks, I will stick to the post title.
I don’t see why people hate Spotify so much. I used to go out and pay £10 for an album decades ago, multiple times a month sometimes. Now I can basically listen to anything for the price of an album a month. Plus, you can play Spotify on just about any device, even all the open source solutions that Netflix blocked like 15 years ago. On top of that it’s Swedish rather than American.
I don't hate it per se, but would rather it paid the artists better.... quite simple really
If I'm renting music, at least give me FLAC level quality.
No, 320 kbps won't do.
Swedish or american- they’re still exploiting artists. Capitalists gonna capitalist.
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