The only reason I stuck with Spotify for so long is because I don't really pay for it (long story short, a family member gets a free family plan through her job)

[–] jwr4209@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago

I’ve started using Qobuz which is not USA owned and has not sponsored Trump (like Spotify which granted is not USA). It has been ok!

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Been using Tidal for a while myself, tbh its not great. Music quality and selection are fine, the UI is just... not there. Really basic music player things like setting things to shuffle or loop by default or on an individual playlist basis just don't exist, its solely a global on/off setting.

[–] chromeleon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Same here. You literally can't keep the 'loop' function on in the mobile app; you have to turn it on every time. I have to believe most people want to loop their playlists by default. Just dumb.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago

Similarly, while i do want to shuffle most of my playlists, there are albums (mostly pink floyd) i do not want to shuffle

[–] CouldntCareBear@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

I moved from Spotify to Tidal and am very happy with it. Much better sound quality, good recommendation algorithms, bigger catalogue, pay artists much better. I like it.

Plus they don't offer shitty content like right wing or adult podcasts or lets-play videos so I can let my kids use it without having to monitor it so much.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

what other better alternatives are out there?

https://youtu.be/LQRtKD4gx1k stolen from another comment here. Very interesting breakdown of why Spotify sucks and comparison to other services.