▲ 150 ▼ Spotify is finally launching support for lossless music streaming (techcrunch.com) submitted 1 year ago by ardi60@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 73 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago (6 children) This is going to affect my monthly fee, isn’t it? permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] r00ty@kbin.life 43 points 1 year ago (5 children) Incoming Spotify premium plus subscription tier. With lossless audio. And then shortly after some previously premium tier features to go plus. Then ads appear on the premium, I mean basic tier (priced at the old premium price). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] modular950@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago (2 children) Black Mirror's Common People episode would like a word permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] r00ty@kbin.life 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Well, they were quite literally compiling all the worst behaviours of modern subscription services and applying it to the medical field. I guess the sad thing is that it could really happen one day. I would say each of the things that they applied has happened on a service somewhere before (just perhaps not all on a single one). It's fiction uncomfortably close to reality. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] modular950@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago I absolutely agree. it was a sort of slap in the face, personally. I've been aware of the increasingly awful subscription model take-over of course, but seeing it presented that way and realizing how not-so-far-off that reality may be, finally put some fire behind it for me. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 9 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Incoming Spotify premium plus subscription tier That was what they were planning to do, a new premium tier that would have lots of extras but then Apple released lossless audio as part of the standard base tier so Spotify gave up on it To me I don't really get it, I've had flac audio files in the past and I haven't really found much difference in audio quality above 192k Just to confirm there is no new tier for this From today (September 10), Spotify Lossless will be rolling out to Premium users across over 50 regions including the US, UK and Australia. Spotify says the rollout is starting now and will continue though October. You’ll receive a notification alerting you when Lossless is available, but that’s not all. Surprisingly, Spotify Lossless is free for Premium subscribers – a huge sigh of relief given that previous rumors suggested that lossless audio would come in the form of a paid add-on called ‘Music Pro’. https://www.techradar.com/audio/spotify/audiophiles-rejoice-spotify-lossless-is-finally-here-and-its-a-huge-step-for-the-streaming-service permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] msage@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago You have to listen to loud music on good headphones to hear any difference. Also usually mid range is compressed OK, it's the very highs that get distorted. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] r00ty@kbin.life 43 points 1 year ago (5 children) Incoming Spotify premium plus subscription tier. With lossless audio. And then shortly after some previously premium tier features to go plus. Then ads appear on the premium, I mean basic tier (priced at the old premium price). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] modular950@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago (2 children) Black Mirror's Common People episode would like a word permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] r00ty@kbin.life 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Well, they were quite literally compiling all the worst behaviours of modern subscription services and applying it to the medical field. I guess the sad thing is that it could really happen one day. I would say each of the things that they applied has happened on a service somewhere before (just perhaps not all on a single one). It's fiction uncomfortably close to reality. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] modular950@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago I absolutely agree. it was a sort of slap in the face, personally. I've been aware of the increasingly awful subscription model take-over of course, but seeing it presented that way and realizing how not-so-far-off that reality may be, finally put some fire behind it for me. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 9 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Incoming Spotify premium plus subscription tier That was what they were planning to do, a new premium tier that would have lots of extras but then Apple released lossless audio as part of the standard base tier so Spotify gave up on it To me I don't really get it, I've had flac audio files in the past and I haven't really found much difference in audio quality above 192k Just to confirm there is no new tier for this From today (September 10), Spotify Lossless will be rolling out to Premium users across over 50 regions including the US, UK and Australia. Spotify says the rollout is starting now and will continue though October. You’ll receive a notification alerting you when Lossless is available, but that’s not all. Surprisingly, Spotify Lossless is free for Premium subscribers – a huge sigh of relief given that previous rumors suggested that lossless audio would come in the form of a paid add-on called ‘Music Pro’. https://www.techradar.com/audio/spotify/audiophiles-rejoice-spotify-lossless-is-finally-here-and-its-a-huge-step-for-the-streaming-service permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] msage@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago You have to listen to loud music on good headphones to hear any difference. Also usually mid range is compressed OK, it's the very highs that get distorted. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] modular950@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago (2 children) Black Mirror's Common People episode would like a word permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] r00ty@kbin.life 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Well, they were quite literally compiling all the worst behaviours of modern subscription services and applying it to the medical field. I guess the sad thing is that it could really happen one day. I would say each of the things that they applied has happened on a service somewhere before (just perhaps not all on a single one). It's fiction uncomfortably close to reality. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] modular950@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago I absolutely agree. it was a sort of slap in the face, personally. I've been aware of the increasingly awful subscription model take-over of course, but seeing it presented that way and realizing how not-so-far-off that reality may be, finally put some fire behind it for me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] r00ty@kbin.life 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Well, they were quite literally compiling all the worst behaviours of modern subscription services and applying it to the medical field. I guess the sad thing is that it could really happen one day. I would say each of the things that they applied has happened on a service somewhere before (just perhaps not all on a single one). It's fiction uncomfortably close to reality. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] modular950@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago I absolutely agree. it was a sort of slap in the face, personally. I've been aware of the increasingly awful subscription model take-over of course, but seeing it presented that way and realizing how not-so-far-off that reality may be, finally put some fire behind it for me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] modular950@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago I absolutely agree. it was a sort of slap in the face, personally. I've been aware of the increasingly awful subscription model take-over of course, but seeing it presented that way and realizing how not-so-far-off that reality may be, finally put some fire behind it for me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 9 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Incoming Spotify premium plus subscription tier That was what they were planning to do, a new premium tier that would have lots of extras but then Apple released lossless audio as part of the standard base tier so Spotify gave up on it To me I don't really get it, I've had flac audio files in the past and I haven't really found much difference in audio quality above 192k Just to confirm there is no new tier for this From today (September 10), Spotify Lossless will be rolling out to Premium users across over 50 regions including the US, UK and Australia. Spotify says the rollout is starting now and will continue though October. You’ll receive a notification alerting you when Lossless is available, but that’s not all. Surprisingly, Spotify Lossless is free for Premium subscribers – a huge sigh of relief given that previous rumors suggested that lossless audio would come in the form of a paid add-on called ‘Music Pro’. https://www.techradar.com/audio/spotify/audiophiles-rejoice-spotify-lossless-is-finally-here-and-its-a-huge-step-for-the-streaming-service permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] msage@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago You have to listen to loud music on good headphones to hear any difference. Also usually mid range is compressed OK, it's the very highs that get distorted. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] msage@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago You have to listen to loud music on good headphones to hear any difference. Also usually mid range is compressed OK, it's the very highs that get distorted. permalink fedilink source parent