I've been with #Spotify for 10 years, but I'm now considering switching to #Tidal. I don't like the way Spotify is going: shifting focus to podcasts, paying shit to musicians... I'd rather see my money go to them than to Rogan.
But it's not just about me, I have my whole family on our family plan. I have to be sure about it and convince them. If you have made the switch, what had been your experience?
Does anyone know any musician who actually receives «on a regular basis, at least once a year, [...] relevant and comprehensive information on the exploitation of their works and performances» on #YouTube, #Spotify, #AppleMusic and friends (or radio and TV, for that matter)?
I want to drop music streaming services altogether and buy more music but there are a few major hurdles I face with this. Maybe y’all might have suggestions on how to make these easier. 🧵
I think there's a big opportunity for a #fediverse#MusicStreaming platform. #Peertube is one possible option but it is really video-centric at this point and is not designed with the idea of music in mind. If #Faircamp integrates activitypub so you can follow artists on here and see their new releases, that would be pretty sick. I think that is the project that has the most potential to fill this niche right now. @freebliss
These 3 services can help you transfer playlists between music streaming services
Music streaming services are not standardised like RSS readers, which have OPML files for easily exporting and importing feeds between different readers (I wonder why not). So, this makes it difficult to easily switch to another music streaming service and ju ...continues
My student account for Spotify is about to expire in a couple of days, and I'm thinking about using the opportunity to use a 1 month free trial for Apple Music. Is it worth it?
For context I'm basically outside of the Apple ecosystem anyways, never used an Apple device since my iPod Touch 6 years ago; but I heard that the app on Android works pretty well - gonna see for myself with the trial, but hearing some anecdotal evidence one way or the other would be interesting.
#CopyProtection of any kind is only reducing legitimate sales, frustrating paying consumers and making Piracy the better option and #Pirates the better sellers!