I am surprised that people know what amazon music is.
“Loved” and “included with Prime” aren’t necessarily the same.
Paying for Amazon Music and using Amazon Music are two different things.
Meanwhile, Deezer is completely unknown. No one in the comments even mentioned it. RIP.
No one's mentioned Qobuz either. It's like Spotify+iTunes except lossless.
I like Deezer. I've been using it and telling people about it since Spotify was insistent about being focused on chasing a politically charged content (over) investment instead of delivering quality, behavior driven content based on their algo.
ikr. Deezer can't be that unknown. Right?
The redesign is terrible...
But Deezer is great! I have been using it for years now, it's missing a couple of songs here and there but the ability to import MP3s makes up for it.
Deezer nuts
Another Deezer user in the wild! Been a subscriber to it for years now.
I'm a huge fan of Tidal. Musicians actually get paid more, probably because they're not wasting money on exclusive podcasts.
I liked tidal, until they doubled my subscription cost.
Did that happen when they rolled out HiFi for everyone? They actually lowered my HiFi family plan cost at that time, which was unexpected.
Made the switch to Tidal, and I only have a couple nitpicks: no console app and it does this weird thing on desktop where it plays a split second of paused music when other apps or windows are opened. They're small things though, and I'm happy to be supporting artists more.
Sometimes I miss the Spotify "Radio" playlists. Also, having the desktop sync with mobile so I could just switch players and keep the same playlist was also nice. It's been over two years though and I don't miss it enough to go back, Tidal is mostly a comparable experience.
What percentage of us love pirating music and putting it on Plex?
too much fucking hassle.
Honestly, I think this is the biggest reason that music subscriptions are popular.
Nobody cares enough to curate their own music collection anymore, even if it's entirely legal, it's just too much damn work for most people.
Unless you have a special interest in music, eg, audiophiles, then it doesn't matter enough to spend any time on it. As long as you can listen to what you want, when you want, who cares?
Been happy buying music from Bandcamp and not having a subscription. Didn't even make it onto the chart :(
Where's "directory full of FLACs bought from Bandcamp and ripped from CDs"?
"Confused Jellyfin / Subsonic noises"
You know why I choose Amazon Music.? Because it allows me to purchase songs I like and then I can download them to my computer separate from their player. You can't do that with Spotify. Of course recently I found songs on Amazon that are not available forsale which pisses me off, so if anyone knows a place I get those songs I would appreciate it.
Not that I want to pirate but if you don't allow me ownership of the digital content then it's what I am going do.
Just pirate, it's better than paying these companies to rip off artists. Support your favourite artists directly, streams are basically worthless compared to other forms of income like merch.
Wouldn't you know it, there's a wikipedia article for that. I personally have used 7digital and bandcamp, but qobuz has been mentioned several times in other comments and hdtracks seems like it might work after you create an account.
Where ever you listen to your music, in most cases you can hook it up with ListenBrainz, to save your listening data on a FOSS alternative for Last.fm. And to get all sorts of beneficial features, like for instance recommendations that are truly independent, and getting updates on new releases.
I got YouTube music and YouTube premium because I needed more Google drive storage.
Loved isn't the word I would use.
It's adequate for day to day background noise that isn't ad-filled garbage and music I hate.
+1, I only have a yt music sub because it's grandfathered in with my yt premium subscription and extra drive storage. YT music recommendations are mildly terrible compared to Spotify, but I'm not throwing $15/mo at Spotify when I only use it a few times a year.
I am surprised that people know what amazon music is.
I didn't until this moment. lol
You can say, "alexa, play classic punk" and suddenly you are using Amazon Music.
Would've liked to see what percentage have none.
I'm still buying CDs to rip and having my music library as MP3s on my phone. No internet connection required, I have total control of the files, and a physical backup if needed.
Soundcloud + Bandcamp and a 3rd party client like Newpipe is the only valid option for me.
Downloading music and playing it offline is better than streaming low quality audio on a subscription.
Meanwhile I'm over here with my MiniDiscs.
There's dozens of us!
Honest question, why should I be paying for a music streaming app when I already have YouTube premium? Also, does no one use Pandora anymore? I still use it occasionally.
why should I be paying for a music streaming app when I already have YouTube premium?
You mean because that subscription includes premium YouTube Music?
I'm in the 23% on the American side of the chart that uses Pandora. I don't see any reason to switch. I've been working on it knowing my preferences for like 20 years now.
No love for Deezer? It's a streaming service that doesn't shove algorithms down your throat...
Qobuz is good: reasonably priced, you get the best quality audio (actual high resolution, not the MQA nonsense Tides was doing), a good catalogue and a decent UI, and it pays the artists a bit more than Spotify and others, and they offer a free migration tool. Plus they have actual full credits and even CD booklets and notes for the albums. And they do their own artist descriptions and reviews. It really feels like they're making an effort to be good, not just throwing some record company catalogues online and waiting for the money to roll in.
Spotify is still a bit better for recommendations and automatic playlists.
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