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Spotify will now let free users pick and play tracks | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (15 children)

I don't know who Black Rocks is or whether or not they finance wars and genocide. I also couldn't find anything regarding them investing in TIDAL. Can you confirm with sources for either claim?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (14 children)

    BlackRock is the world’s largest asset manager, overseeing trillions of dollars for governments, corporations, and individuals.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (13 children)

    So I see. I still can't find anywhere that says they invested in TIDAL.

    But does that make TIDAL unethical? Does the poison run up the water stream or down?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (12 children)

    https://fintel.io/so/us/xyz/blackrock

    Bloc is the owner of tidal

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (11 children)

    So Block owns TIDAL, and BlackRock owns some shares in Block, and BlackRock does some shady investments.

    I dunno man. I don't know how far/many steps back I should take before I consider it far enough removed from the unethical practices. It's not like TIDAL invests in war and genocide. Right?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (10 children)

    You give money to Tidal, that gives money to investors that use this money to finance wars.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    When you put it like that, yeah... 😕

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (8 children)

    Yeah unfortunately in some ways we're financing that if we don't take actions. Fortunately for streaming the switch is super easy and the transfer of songs and artists automated

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (7 children)

    So like, would I be able to get all my followed artists and playlists carried/exported from Spotify over to Qobuz somehow?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (6 children)

    Exactly. In 3 Clicks. Create a loginf first, then you'll get and email with the details :)

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (5 children)

    Ah, my god, that's great.

    Now all I need from it is to have it work in my car (Android) and an app for it on Linux while I'm at work. 😊 Then I think I'd be good to go.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    I believe they have an Android client

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    One thing I'd like as well is to know which artists I'll be missing when moving over. And there are some recorded children's stories in my language that are available on Spotify which I play for my children all the time. I wish I could see if they were available before going over. 😅 Like Pippi Longstocking, and Bamse, stuff like that, lots of Astrid Lindgren stuff. 😊

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Get the 2 Free weeks to discover :) When you transfer the playlist and sounds you get a report with all has or hasn't been found. Few artists were missing so I contacted them. And now there music is on Qobuz as well :)

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