I’m not sure about the coins but I’ve been using it for a few months now and have been thoroughly enjoying the service. I think the coins are literally just their store wallet, and whether you keep some store credit there or not doesn’t matter. It’s equivalent to buying an iTunes gift card or something. You can just pay for whatever you want outright.
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fjordo@feddit.uk 7 hours ago
I stream with Tidal and for my favourite bands I’ll buy their music on 7digital or Bandcamp.
I’d go with Qubuz but they have this whole Qubuz Coin thing that I really don’t like. If they removed that I’d switch immediately.
Flatfire@lemmy.ca 3 hours ago
harfang@slrpnk.net 7 hours ago
Note that Tidal is owned by Black rocks funds …which make it very non-ethical platform
fjordo@feddit.uk 6 hours ago
Yeah, unfortunately I don’t have much choice at the moment. I refuse support platforms with anti-consumer pricing models like Qubuz has, and I want artists to get the most money out of my streams, so it’s a bit of a catch-22.