Comment on ‘Death to Spotify’: the DIY movement to get artists and fans to quit the music app

LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• UndergroundGoblin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’m using Qobuz. As I know the pay the most to the artist ($0.01873 vs $0.004 ). Qobuz Family costs 20,83€ per months. And I think you get free access to a service which moves your Spotify playlists to qobuz.

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  • LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Is it user-friendly?

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    • UndergroundGoblin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yes. If your family knows how to use Spotify, they will be okay with qobuz.

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• curiousaur@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I think that’s the point of all this. It’s currently way too cheap for the consumers. Adjusted for inflation from the 80s, an album would cost over $30 today. Each album. To get infinite music for $10 a month, yeah the artists are getting screwed.

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  • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Artists have never made any significant money from album sales unless they self publish. 90%+ of the revenue from a cd sale goes to the publisher, producers, executives, marketing, etc. Going to live shows and buying merch has always been the primary way artists actually make money.

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• ryper@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Apple Music has a family plan, and it’s cheaper than Spotify’s, at least in Canada (16.99 vs 20.99).

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  • FlyingCircus@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Apple is hardly the giant corporation you want to be switching to, though.

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  • LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    None of us have apple devices.

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    • ryper@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Apple Music has an Android app.

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• pfr@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Deezer? They still don’t pay artists much, but I think it’s still better than Spotify

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  • mrdown@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The Artist-Centric model sucks. The artists that benefits the most is the biggest artists like Drake etc. This system does create a two-tier royalty structure that favors bigger or more established artists with a loyal fanbase

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• simbico@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’m switching to Tidal, they have a family plan

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  • LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Is tidal user friendly? The people I share Spotify with aren’t tech savvy.

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    • urandom@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      The players / websites look almost identical

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