Provide an alternative with a better user experience, or users won’t switch.
Quobuz, Tidal, et al need to rapidly improve their feature set to match Spotify (primarily group / jam sessions, recommendation engine, and device / app support) or this proposal has less hope than convincing everyone to go back to pirating.
I’ve used Tidal for years now. It’s 100% functional. I don’t see anything I need on Spotify.
Just make the change, everyone. Not to Tidal necessarily, but away from Spotify. They’ve had the worst audio quality for YEARS now. Change is scary, but hey, here’s a tool to help you migrate:
I’ve been a Spotify subscriber since 2009 (you cannot shame me more than I’ve shamed myself), and their recommendation engine (algorithm, as I prefer to call it) is fucked. First of all, it will recommend music where they pay the artists the least, so they can take more money themselves. And it’s the same fucking songs over and over again, basically no matter the playlist “made for you”. It’s literally the same 200 songs.
I tried Tidal, but not heavily. Right, what I do love about Qobuz is their weekly updated new albums. It’s easy to put on something new. And then there’s the “Newcomers” lists, which are new artists, curated weekly or monthly, not sure.
As for their recommendations: I’ve only used it for two weeks with listening to a lot more new artists and music, so it’s currently all over the place lol.
Edit: and I agree with Spotify having so many more features than the others, but I can live without them. My wife, on the other hand…
They changed their genre classification tags behind the scenes in 2023, around the time they fired the guy who ran “Every Noise at Once” and ruined almost all value the service had.
Couldn’t care less about most “features” these services have, my issue is the fact that Spotify is the only one that has a decent catalogue of more obscure stuff I listen to.
That’s the main reason I dropped Spotify and streaming in general. It just really bummed me out when making playlists and not finding my favorite songs to fill it.
Provide an alternative with a better user experience, or users won’t switch.
Quobuz, Tidal, et al need to rapidly improve their feature set to match Spotify (primarily group / jam sessions, recommendation engine, and device / app support) or this proposal has less hope than convincing everyone to go back to pirating.
I’ve used Tidal for years now. It’s 100% functional. I don’t see anything I need on Spotify.
Just make the change, everyone. Not to Tidal necessarily, but away from Spotify. They’ve had the worst audio quality for YEARS now. Change is scary, but hey, here’s a tool to help you migrate:
https://soundiiz.com/
How does tidal integrate with voice commands? Like home speakers, etc?
I’ve been a Spotify subscriber since 2009 (you cannot shame me more than I’ve shamed myself), and their recommendation engine (algorithm, as I prefer to call it) is fucked. First of all, it will recommend music where they pay the artists the least, so they can take more money themselves. And it’s the same fucking songs over and over again, basically no matter the playlist “made for you”. It’s literally the same 200 songs.
I agree, but have you tried the recommendation engines on the other platforms?
I tried Tidal, but not heavily. Right, what I do love about Qobuz is their weekly updated new albums. It’s easy to put on something new. And then there’s the “Newcomers” lists, which are new artists, curated weekly or monthly, not sure.
As for their recommendations: I’ve only used it for two weeks with listening to a lot more new artists and music, so it’s currently all over the place lol.
Edit: and I agree with Spotify having so many more features than the others, but I can live without them. My wife, on the other hand…
They changed their genre classification tags behind the scenes in 2023, around the time they fired the guy who ran “Every Noise at Once” and ruined almost all value the service had.
'around the time they fired the guy who ran “Every Noise at Once" ’
You know, that explains a lot. I think I’ve read that dude’s book — it was a good read.
Couldn’t care less about most “features” these services have, my issue is the fact that Spotify is the only one that has a decent catalogue of more obscure stuff I listen to.
I tried Qobuz and the very first artist I searched for, it didn’t have. Liking quite a lot of obscure artists is a curse.
That’s the main reason I dropped Spotify and streaming in general. It just really bummed me out when making playlists and not finding my favorite songs to fill it.
Nothing wrong here. Btw many artists already claim that streaming is like piracy.
steve albini told fans to pirate his music because he didnt want sony getting even a penny 😂