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First band on my playlists that is actually removing their music. I'll probably need to look at an alternate service now. Or build my own service.
Bandcamp is probably the best for the artists. If you want something more similar to spotify, Deezer and Tidal both pay artists better than Spotify if I remember correctly. And neither of them have done anything like platforming Joe fucking Rogan. Though it's possible that they have done something terrible that I missed. At least a good place to start looking.
Deezer's largest shareholder is Access Industries, Inc which was founded by Len Blavatnik. He's one of the ~50 individuals on whom sanctions were imposed in June 2024 by Volodymyr Zelenskyy and has been pumping money into efforts to sway public opinion in favor of Israeli genociders.
Oh FFS. Guess I'm just going back to piracy, somehow the most moral option.
Well...shit. Good to know.
Anyone know if Tidal is affiliated with genocide, Russian oligarchs, or other atrocities? Or if there are other better options?
Not that I am aware. They were built around treating artists better. They will enshitify eventually as that is to be expected now with any company, but their payouts to artists being proportionally higher and their superior sound quality to almost anything short of quboz makes them a good choice for now. Also their new music recommendation algorithm is quite good.
Yeah, I'll probably look at Deezer (if it also has podcast integration). The Spotify app has become more buggy and shit over the years anyway.
Deezer does have podcast integration, though I haven't used it for that yet.
Yeah, looks like it does, but it doesn't appear to have all the podcasts I follow on Spotify.
Yeah, usually it's some old hippy like Neil Young that I've never listened to anyway.