When Neil Young asked us to switch to Tidal, I went along and loved that it paid the artists 10x more per stream.
But Tidal is American owned, spotify isn’t…
I’m struggling on this one, a lot of the lil punk bands I love could really use the revenue but, y’know, trade war etc.
Anyone have any thoughts to assuage a guilty conscience on this one?
Qobuz. It’s French and it pays more than Tidal. It’s a privately owned company. You can also actually buy music from it in addition to streaming. Fuck Tidal.
Ive heard qobuz limits downloads so you end up not being able to actually own every song you paid for
If you buy music from there, does it include DRM that prevents you from playing it without their online service?
24-bit FLAC.
https://github.com/vitiko98/qobuz-dl
Oh super cool, I will definitely check it out! Thanks!
Deezer is also french
I just switched to Deezer! It is pretty good so far, and they seem to have even relatively obscure Canadian music. Good francophone content, if you’re into that sort of thing.
Heya! Just wanted to say thanks. I tried Qobuz but had a couple of issues. Just tried Deezer and it’s been fantastic, works with everything and my tiny little obscure bands are all there! It’s like catching up with old friends I haven’t seen in far too long.
Thanks again!